[HN Gopher] Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable (2005) ___________________________________________________________________ Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable (2005) Author : cjg Score : 22 points Date : 2021-09-06 19:48 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.pmi.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.pmi.org) | AuthorizedCust wrote: | How is this a project? | | A project is not simply work leading to some outcome. At its | core, it's a specific work-management method tied to the iron | triangle (constrained cost, scope, and time), which requires a | set plan from the start. | | This iterative method breaks the iron triangle. If the iron | triangle is broken, is it a "project"? | | I feel that project-management industry is diluting the meaning | of "project" to encompass other kinds of work management that | aren't "project". End result is we're really confusing things. | Cynically, this may be the PM industry trying to assert its | relevance in different disciplines, to the harm of all. | | We can say the same thing about "bad agile", where a set of | ceremonies is confused with agile philosophy. | | Do we need to burn it all down and start over? | civilized wrote: | I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but it seems like you're | suggesting that having a flexible, non-"set" goal or plan | "breaks the iron triangle". But... the iron triangle says that | quality is subject to scope, cost, and time constraints. Scope | is, loosely, how ambitious the project's goals are, so the | inclusion of scope already implies that the iron triangle not | only allows, but anticipates, flexibility in the project's | goals. | kaycebasques wrote: | Shot in the dark here, but I've got a friend who is breaking into | the project management industry. Has a CAPM certificate from PMI | and around a year of experience in a Project Management (PjM) | role. If anyone is/knows a successful PjM and can email me (kayce | at basqu dot es) the help would be much appreciated. Or anyone | that has an entry-level PjM role available. Many thanks. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-09-06 23:00 UTC)