7.2. Defining the Project Schedule
Your project must have a definite set of deliverables that mark its end. Projects also require a finish date. Some projects' finish dates are a touch more firm than others. For example, the Y2K bug most companies worried themselves over in 1999 had an inflexible deadline. Or consider a project that management says must be completed before a peak business period. Other projects, such as the release of a new e-mail program within an organization, can have a tendency to go on forever and evolve into runaway projects.
Runaway projects stem from loosely guarded project scope, poor planning, and lack of research. Of course, the longer a project takes to produce its deliverables, the more the project will cost. In ...
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