In the beginning was THE PLAN. And then came The Assumptions.

And The Plan was without substance. And The Assumptions were without form. And darkness was upon the face of the Workers. And they spoke among themselves, saying, 'It is a crock of s--t, it stinks.' And the workers went unto their Supervisors, and said, 'It is a pail of dung, and none may abide the odour thereof.' And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying 'It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it.' And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying, 'It is a vessel of fertiliser, and none may abide its strength.' And the Directors spoke among themselves saying one to another, 'It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong.' And the Directors went to the Vice-Presidents, saying unto them, 'It promotes growth, and it is very powerful.' And the Vice-Presidents went to the President, saying unto him, 'This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigour of the company, with powerful effects.' And the President looked upon The Plan, and saw that it was good. And The Plan became policy. And that is how S--t happens.
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Project management is a necessary evil

On balance, if done well it is worth it If done badly it isn't worth the extra agro

It takes time and effort (at all levels of the organisation)

Looks like an overhead Visible

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Know the end point Chop it into bits and assign someone to each Determine tasks, sequence, cost, schedule, resource availability, risk Add reality Do it Did yesterday happen as planned?
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Starting Approval DP4 Approval DP1 PjBdDP2 Up a Initiating a project Controlling a Stage Project Appoint SU1 Exec & PM Design & SU2 Engage Project SU3 Team Create Project SU4 Brief &Risk Log Decide Project SU5 Approach Initiation Plan SU6 PL* PL1 Create PQP IP1

Approval DP3 Managing Stage Boundaries SB6 PL* for Planning exceptions or next PL* SB1 stage Update Project SB2 PL* Plan SB3 Review Business Case & Risk log SB4 Ask permission to SB5 continue

Approval DP5

Controlling a Stage

PjM

CS3 CS4 Handling Issues, RFC

PlanIP2 Project the PL* Refine the IP3 Business case &Risks Establish IP4 Controls IP5 Set-up filing

Escalating CS8 CS6 Issues & reporting status

Minor CS5 daily CS7 PMs Adjustts monitor & review Authorise, track & receive CS1 completed work CS2 CS9

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Basic PM imposes process

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Band-width & resource-pressures in the business Recognition events and value flash-points Cash-flash-points Estimating for reality
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