The Twelve Days (Strikethrough) Minutes of Christmas (Strikethrough) Project Review

 

This, the first blog of December for GTIM Nation, serves two purposes: (1) to bring some holiday cheer to the aforementioned GTIM Nation, and (2) to firmly establish that it was proper for me to go into writing about management science, and to avoid becoming a lyricist. With that, I offer The Twelve Days Minutes of Christmas Project Review.

On the first minute of the review my analyst gave to me

A PowerPoint® Slide Deck.

For the next part of the review my analyst gave to me

A negative cost variance in a PowerPoint® slide deck.

For the third minute of review my analyst gave to me

Poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in a PowerPoint® slide deck.

For the fourth minute of review my analyst gave to me

No contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the fifth minute of project reviews my analyst gave to me

Two BCPs

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the fifth minute of project reviews my analyst gave to me

A change board appointment,

Two BCPs

For contingency, poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the sixth minute of project reviews my analyst gave to me

A conference room for the change board appointment,

Two BCPs

For contingency, poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

For the seventh minute of review my analyst gave to me

Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

For the eighth minute of reviews my VP said to me

“No confidence” in the Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the ninth minute of review I said to my VP,

“I think this will work” for the “No confidence” in the Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the tenth minute of reviews my VP said to me,

“Good luck with all that” re: “I think this will work” for the “No confidence” in the Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the eleventh minute of review my analyst gave to me,

Over target baseline for the “Good luck with all that” re: “I think this will work” for the “No confidence” in the Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

In the twelfth minute of review my analyst gave to me

Justification for the over target baseline for the “Good luck with all that” re: “I think this will work” for the “No confidence” in the Monte Carlo Numbers for the conference room where the change board meets,

Two BCPs,

For contingency for the poor initial estimate causing a negative cost variance in the PowerPoint® slide deck.

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For any local chapter PMI® Holiday Parties where this is actually set to music, please shoot me a link to the footage. The best rendition will get a shout-out in these pages, along with the forwarding link.