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The Status Report Said Green for Months. Then the Project Wasn’tStatus reports can tell whatever you want them to, but facts always hold their own.— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) So how does a multi-million-dollar project go from “on...

The Canary in the Coal Mine: What That Missed Milestone Is Really Telling YouA missed milestone is the first indication of a project going awry.— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) It was a rare slow Monday. I’d made it to my desk, filled...

The Most Dangerous Number in a Software Project: 90%Ninety-percent done is still NOT done.— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) Everyone has heard of the 80/20 rule. Pareto’s principle, in its many forms, carries one central message: don’t...

From Scoping to Coping: How Enterprise Software Projects UnravelSlip on ‘project scoping’ and soon you will end up in ‘project coping— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) One of the best-kept secrets on any project is this: everyone hopes —...

It Always Takes Longer and Costs More. So Why Does No One Say So?Golden Rule to Remember: It always takes longer and costs more.— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) There's a rule that every executive knows but very few will say out loud in...

The Story Your $10M Software Project Is Telling Right NowA project only exists in the story about it. Make it a good story.— #ProjectManagementTweet, Himanshu Jhamb & Guy Ralfe (2010) "You look like a nice person. But no one can tell that you carry a knife behind...

Before We Begin: Why I’m Writing This — and Who It’s ForSometime in 2009, a colleague and I sat down and decided to write a book. Not because we had really given it a serious thought. Not because we had a marketing plan. Because we had spent the better part of a...