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#NoEstimates is Open Loop Control

Here's a summary of why Project Management, Risk Management, Estimating, Root Cause Analysis and other project management processes are a Closed Loop Control System Let's start with what is Closed Loop Control To successfully complete a project that meets established... Read more →

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so ‒ Douglas Adams Read more →

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When logic fails, the argument turns to slander - Socrates Read more →

Book of the Month

Bent Flyvbjerg's new book The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management arrived over Christmas. If you don't know of Bent's work, it's a source of must-read materials on managing projects. This text (from the back cover) is an important and certainly... Read more →

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Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy... Read more →

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Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent act of stupidity - Friedrich Nietzsche Read more →

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The probable is what usually happens. —Aristotle It is a truth very certain that when it is not in our power to determine. what is true we ought to follow what is most probable —Descartes, “Discourse on Method” It is... Read more →

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Engineering problems will first manifest themselves in a schedule slip someplace. Generally, as I have learned since then, if you have a technical problem someplace or some kind of a problem, it will manifest itself first as a schedule slip.... Read more →

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Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you - John Wooden Read more →

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Good judgment is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgment. ― Mark Twain So when you hear a suggestion to fix some problem, ask first what experience do you have in a domain that is near... Read more →

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We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new... Read more →