I worked in the technical role in the IT industry for most part of my working career.
In the past, I can’t believe why we get some horrendous projects thrown to us. What is the back story there.
As I get more senior, my project manager started throwing me to coordinate more with the sales side of the business.
That is when I start to understand why things are so horrendous.
Why Projects Fxxk Up
A lot of the times, the project eventually take longer than expected to deliver.
This can be due to projects being more complex than imagined, staff that are task to carried out the work being incompetent, the project manager being incompetent.
However, a lot of projects got overrun because realistically the projects were under-priced, so that the bid is competitive.
If won, the budget to execute that project is severely limited, so that eventually the project can be estimated to earn a minimum profit margin that the big boss wants.
Under-price can mean a lot of things but I feel the most common is this: I promise you the world for that price, in the end the requirements are so much that we cannot deliver within the budget.
The sales person, the customer and the project manager in charge of delivering the project has a different view of things.
Most of the time the project manager tries hard (if he doesn’t quit first) to deliver something that won’t break down during user acceptance test.
The ones that are being left holding this are the user..... Reflecting on the Problem with FIRE Bloggers
In the past, I can’t believe why we get some horrendous projects thrown to us. What is the back story there.
As I get more senior, my project manager started throwing me to coordinate more with the sales side of the business.
That is when I start to understand why things are so horrendous.
Why Projects Fxxk Up
A lot of the times, the project eventually take longer than expected to deliver.
This can be due to projects being more complex than imagined, staff that are task to carried out the work being incompetent, the project manager being incompetent.
However, a lot of projects got overrun because realistically the projects were under-priced, so that the bid is competitive.
If won, the budget to execute that project is severely limited, so that eventually the project can be estimated to earn a minimum profit margin that the big boss wants.
Under-price can mean a lot of things but I feel the most common is this: I promise you the world for that price, in the end the requirements are so much that we cannot deliver within the budget.
The sales person, the customer and the project manager in charge of delivering the project has a different view of things.
Most of the time the project manager tries hard (if he doesn’t quit first) to deliver something that won’t break down during user acceptance test.
The ones that are being left holding this are the user..... Reflecting on the Problem with FIRE Bloggers
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