Sin #2. Thou Shalt Not Disobey the Iron Triangle 📐(of Project Management).
People try to cut corners all the time.
Especially when the smelly stuff hits the fan. 💩
“Do more work with fewer resources!”
“Work faster, and longer without rest or food!”
“Do it all for FREEEEEE!”
😑
You can sorta bend the triangle, a wee bit (usually at the pointy end of the project during go-live 🗡).
Only a little though.
Cutting corners almost ALWAYS comes at a cost (tech debt, anyone?) and is usually pretty invisible.
For the team and the project, cutting corners impact the quality of the
🍩 Outcome
🍩 Physical Health 🩺
🍩 Mental Health
🍩 Morale
🍩 Happiness 🌞🌤⛅🌦🌧⛈
🍩 Will to live 🥀
Just like everything in life, there might be reasons why we aren’t able to follow ‘the book’ or ‘best practices’, and we have to roll up our sleeves and get scrappy.
However, it pays to be very thoughtful about our actions and the impact of what we do and how we do things.
Who is going to pay the price?
The #UglyTruth about bad #ProjectManagement practices from from a CONSULTING point of view is that they leave little ‘time bombs’ 💣 for the client to ‘discover’ and to deal with the mess that is left behind. 😣
It’s one of a few things that really presses my buttons.
Irresponsible practices and habits that causes problems for other people to deal with.
Maybe I’ll leave this for another post.
<Deeeep breath> 🧘🏻♀️
OK, so what’s the worst case of Iron Triangle Bending you’ve ever seen?
I have so many examples but I want to hear yours 😬
#OnThePeiroll
#ManagingExpectations
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This is part of the “Sins of #ProjectManagement” series started off on the Salesforce Ben webinar I did with Ben McCarthy.
Link in comments 👇🏻
By the way, I am going to #DF23! First timer here!
If you’re going to San Francisco, DM me – I’d love to meet you! 🥰
