One of my favourite project planning quotes comes from Dennis Locke’s seminal book Project Management (1996 edition).
“never must the project manager allow himself to be persuaded or coerced into trying to expedite a plan simply by ‘marking down’ estimates without any justification [....] Such optimistic plans can gain a temporary advantage by serving to pacify higher management or by deceiving a trusting customer into placing an order. Unfortunately the truth is bound to emerge sooner or later, bringing consequent discredit on the company”
What are your favourite pearls of project planning wisdom?
T Morphy
www.planproject.co.uk [1]
“never must the project manager allow himself to be persuaded or coerced into trying to expedite a plan simply by ‘marking down’ estimates without any justification [....] Such optimistic plans can gain a temporary advantage by serving to pacify higher management or by deceiving a trusting customer into placing an order. Unfortunately the truth is bound to emerge sooner or later, bringing consequent discredit on the company”
What are your favourite pearls of project planning wisdom?
T Morphy
www.planproject.co.uk [1]