Project Management Lifecycle
Some Issues
- Most work by seat-of-pants
- Low commitment to project management
- Very little / ineffective tracking
- Lack of executive support
- Unrealistic expectations
- Dynamics of effort vs. schedule
Action
- There is no time to start with something brand new
- Rather build on what you already have
- Get someone in to plug the gaps
- Learn as you go
- Flexibility & Resilience vs. Drift & Rigidity
- High Cohesion, Low Coupling
- Small chunks
- Create repeatable processes