QUESTION 38
HOW CAN I DELIVER THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS OF THE PROJECT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE?
Why it’s important: Self-protection. If you can’t deliver everything on time, make sure you deliver the most important elements of a working project.
Have you ever wondered why so many public sector computer projects fail? It’s not because the public sector lacks committed, well-trained professionals (as some tabloids would have you believe). The basic problem is hubris. The provision of public services is a complex operation, made more complicated by the number of clients that access each service. What this means is that just about every combination of events/circumstances that could happen will happen. So staff try to design a system that will meet every ...
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