Haiku for project managers - elaboration
From the Haiku for Project Managers Blog
by Robert Prol
Because sometimes poetry makes the point better than a long story.
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Don’t know what we want /
Figure it out as we go /
This can't be scope creep
Posted on: December 10, 2015 11:59 PM |
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Thilo Wack
Head of Existing Product and Test Lab| optimed
Tholey-Hasborn, Germany
Great one! Made me smile and saved the day. Thanks!
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Thanks! It's based on how few projects start with a clear scope anymore. Most projects seem to be immersed in fog, and as we cut through the fog, we start to capture requirements. This continues until funding ends, or the project is no longer needed. It's like Agile, without thinking too far ahead. I'm never sure when it's scope creep, or requirements gathering by feeling through the project.
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
Robert must be right /
Scope creep implies defined scope /
Scope evolution!
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
Ahhh, and here is my daily limerick! :-)
An undefined scope was the start /
I worked to define my own part /
Management roared /
A discordant chord /
Now scope management is black art!
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
Robert, I love that you are doing this! I brings a bit of levity to each day. Thanks!
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Thanks Michael! It's the feedback that keeps me motivated.
DEBASIS CHAKRABARTI
General Manager & Country Operations Head - Burundi Africa| Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
We all hail change/
Then let Scope change too/
The more the merrier!
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Debasis, you must work for a vendor!
rachel town
Kent State University Ashtabula
Ashtabula, Oh, United States
You read my mind! Just finished up a project just like this! We were given pieces of a map however, we had to actually make the map as we went. Kind of like a puzzle!
Thilo Wack
Head of Existing Product and Test Lab| optimed
Tholey-Hasborn, Germany
Robert, this one clearly resonated with lots of people here. Requirements are at the very start (and heart) of any project and if we do not get them right there is no way the project will be successfull. I like the comparison with Agile as it offers a way to get out of the requirements fog using short iterations and fast feedback. However Agile is also about prioritizing the work and if sponsors and/or stakeholders only start to think about what they really want when the project is already underway, time will be wasted.
Thanks again for this wonderful Haiku!
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