The Data-Driven Project Manager: A Statistical Battle Against Project Obstacles

© Mario Vanhoucke 2018

Mario VanhouckeThe Data-Driven Project Managerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3498-3_4

4. Buffer

Mario Vanhoucke¹ 

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Gent, Belgium

 

The weekly Monday morning meeting with Jacob, Mark, and Emily was destined to be exciting but inherently different than the previous meetings about the tennis stadium construction project, not only because of Jacob’s unusual late arrival, but certainly because of the presence of Joanna Barnes. In his weekly GlobalConstruct CEO’s letter to all members of the company, Jacob had already stressed to the team members the importance of the timely delivery of the project, and he had introduced Joanna as a new member of the core team of this challenging project. No one really knew what to expect, but ...