Comments for Why is my project late

Comment from Ric on 2007-07-19

2007-07-20T03:25:10Z

It's this fixation with dates as milestones - deliverables are milestones, and while projects should (and usually do) have a time target, in the end the success or otherwise is measured by the deliverables - "did we get what we wanted/were promised?"

Trackback in article How to Spot a Failing Project from Knowledge Jolt with Jack

2007-07-20T04:57:50Z

Rick Cook at CIO.com has a piece on How to Spot a Failing Project. I can't help but comment on the article after yesterday's post. [Read More]

Comment from Paul on 2007-11-21

2007-11-21T12:19:44Z

Have to disagree with Jac [assume this is "Jim"]. I don't know a client that would have been happy if I'd delivered late, or with poor quality. To extend [Jim]'s metaphor, they also focus on "...when we were promised".

I do think that they can be more flexible over costs - budget overruns can be forgotten in the euphoria of a successful project on the day it was promised