Comments on: Why Good Projects Fail Anyway http://eppsnet.com/2006/07/why-good-projects-fail-anyway Online journal based in Orange County, CA. Hilarious anecdotes tempered by the icy chill of certain death. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:54:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: PE http://eppsnet.com/2006/07/why-good-projects-fail-anyway#comment-106 PE Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:40:18 +0000 http://eppsnet.com/2006/07/why-good-projects-fail-anyway#comment-106 I like it: "lets the crew know we mean business." I posted <a href="http://eppsnet.com/2006/06/respect-the-classics-man-no-silver-bullet" rel="nofollow">some excerpts from "No Silver Bullet"</a> the other day, in which Fred Brooks said, "Enthusiasm jumps when there is a running system, even a simple one." I've seen that happen so many times. It shows people right off the bat that you mean business, that you're not here to just chew up money and blow delivery dates. I like it: “lets the crew know we mean business.”

I posted some excerpts from “No Silver Bullet” the other day, in which Fred Brooks said, “Enthusiasm jumps when there is a running system, even a simple one.”

I’ve seen that happen so many times. It shows people right off the bat that you mean business, that you’re not here to just chew up money and blow delivery dates.

]]> By: glhoffman http://eppsnet.com/2006/07/why-good-projects-fail-anyway#comment-105 glhoffman Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:05:15 +0000 http://eppsnet.com/2006/07/why-good-projects-fail-anyway#comment-105 This is the artillery model...give me a gunner who gets his shell up and on the way fast, then makes corrections, over the guy who calculates and plans. Sure, it wastes shells, but the crew know we mean business and it is only a matter of time and correction ability before we hit the target. This is the artillery model…give me a gunner who gets his shell up and on the way fast, then makes corrections, over the guy who calculates and plans. Sure, it wastes shells, but the crew know we mean business and it is only a matter of time and correction ability before we hit the target.

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