Project management is like juggling three balls - time, cost and quality. Programme management is like a troupe of circus performers standing in a circle, each juggling-three balls and swapping balls from time to time.
"Trying to manage a project without project management is like trying to play a football game without a game plan".
"A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected - a well planned project only twice as long as expected."
"A change freeze is like the abominable snowman: it is a myth and would anyway melt when heat is applied."
"A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning."
"A minute saved at the start is just as effective as one saved at the end."
"A problem shared is a buck passed."
"A project ain't over until the fat cheque is cashed."
"A project gets a year late one day at a time."
"A project is one small step for the project sponsor, one giant leap for the project manager."
"A two year project will take three years, a three year project will never finish "

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  1. Seleman Abdallah (Kaka-Sule)September 17, 2011 at 2:59 AM

    “Never must the project manager allow himself to be persuaded or coerced into trying to expedite a plan simply by ‘marking down’ estimates without any justification [....] Such optimistic plans can gain a temporary advantage by serving to pacify higher management or by deceiving a trusting customer into placing an order. Unfortunately the truth is bound to emerge sooner or later, bringing consequent discredit on the company”

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