With my real projects,
it is risk and mitigation. At the end of the day, just like life in general, you can't always have everything you want, for the price you want to pay, in the time you want it. So a huge part of project management is about guiding your stakeholders to make choices between those three.
When you have a fixed deadline you have only two variables - quality and money. Same with transfers.
A rubbish project manager will say yes sir and not deliver according to expectations. (E.g spend 8.5m on Ricky van wolfswinkel). A good one will manage with risk and mitigations, manage expectations and stakeholders. And most importantly will indicate when the project has insufficient return on investment and advise not to do it.
Posted By: Steve in Holland on September 1st 2016 at 09:01:42
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- It was also a deadline date in my office yesterday. (NCFC) - CanolaSkies, Sep 1, 07:48:51
- Then you also understand that if it doesn't add value, you don't buy it (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 08:49:56
- Not to mention that if projects were that easy I would be perennially unemployed. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 08:51:51
- Of course it is harder (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 08:23:27
- Not familiar with purchasing then? (n/m) (NCFC) - CanolaSkies, Sep 1, 11:21:34
- With my real projects, (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 09:01:42
- All (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 09:04:11
- very interesting and true (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 09:05:42
- Well it's very similar (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 09:17:25
- I'm not quite sure what your point is? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 09:35:18
- Well it's very similar (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 09:17:25
- very interesting and true (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 09:05:42
- All (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 1, 09:04:11
- Come on mate, Ed Balls was busy dancing till 11.30pm! (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Sep 1, 08:02:16
- Then you also understand that if it doesn't add value, you don't buy it (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 1, 08:49:56
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