CHAPTER 21
Meet Minimum Requirements—Anything More Is Too Much
Does this conversation between a project manager and a project outsider sound familiar? It was a Y2K project, but it could have been any project.
| Outsider: | “Will your project complete on time?” |
| PM: | “We have no choice.” |
| Outsider: | “I didn’t ask if you had a choice. I asked, ‘Will you complete on time?’” |
| PM: | “This is an important project. There’s a lot riding on the success of this project. We must complete on time.” |
| Translation: | “No, we won’t complete on time. Anybody with any project experience knows this.” |
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