Comments on: Partial Commitments to Projects Create Unpredictable Projects http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Partial Commitments to Projects Create Unpredictable Projects - PM Hut http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-51687 Partial Commitments to Projects Create Unpredictable Projects - PM Hut Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:17 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8675#comment-51687 [...] This original article can be found at: http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.h... [...] [...] This original article can be found at: http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.h… [...]

]]> By: Dwayne Phillips http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-41834 Dwayne Phillips Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:24:21 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8675#comment-41834 Partial commitment provides a predictable predicament - perpetual pregnancy. Just yesterday, I was asked to help such a project draw to a close. Three or four full days of work (no other commitments) will finish the project. The other people are committed to too many other things. Five minutes a day for eternity will never finish the project. Partial commitment provides a predictable predicament – perpetual pregnancy.

Just yesterday, I was asked to help such a project draw to a close. Three or four full days of work (no other commitments) will finish the project. The other people are committed to too many other things. Five minutes a day for eternity will never finish the project.

]]> By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for April 16, 2009 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-41697 Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for April 16, 2009 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:57:47 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8675#comment-41697 [...] Partial Commitments to Projects Create Unpredictable Projects - Johanna Rothman [...] [...] Partial Commitments to Projects Create Unpredictable Projects – Johanna Rothman [...]

]]> By: Frank http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-41589 Frank Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:32:26 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8675#comment-41589 There is one thing that will be quite predictable: failure. The most devastating of it all is that the people on the project are probably getting the blame. There is one thing that will be quite predictable: failure.

The most devastating of it all is that the people on the project are probably getting the blame.

]]> By: John http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2009/04/partial-commitments-to-projects-create-unpredictable-projects.html/comment-page-1#comment-41507 John Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:57:24 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8675#comment-41507 The situation you describe is very familiar. The situation you describe is very familiar.

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