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Keys to planning and execution of the information systems strategy
Parkinson’s Law: Phony deadlines
Project managers: Overtime is offset by "undertime"
An occasional pressure increase and overtime can be useful tactics to keep people focused and increase the perception that their work is important, but prolonged pressure is always a mistake. It has been shown that overtime is offset by fewer productive hours, or under-time.
Project managers should work through a credible planning
Fundamentals on business goals
The defensive project management
It makes good sense for you as a project manager to take a defensive posture in most areas of risk. These are common risk mitigation techniques a project manager should use. There is one area, though, where defensiveness will always backfire: You cannot protect yourself against your own people’s incompetence. If your own people are not up to the job at hand, you will fail.
