[two characters are sittiing at the same table, talking]
[blue, happy, holding a document]
The date for the wedding has been set!
[purple, curious and a bit confused]
Wait, did you even ask her out?
[blue, still happy]
Nah, she doesn’t even know me yet
[purple facepalms with gusto and cringes]
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https://thebad.website/comic/this_is_about_project_management
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Increasingly we’re realising waterfall is not just bad for tech projects
Surely PM is more like, the date is set, the priest is scheduled for the week after, the venue isn’t available until 4 days after that, the catering hasn’t been called and the guests have already RSVP’D.
If you take out the implied over-precision, it makes a lot of sense though. It’s good to know what you’re looking for, even when it’s very vaguely scheduled. “Get married and have kids around 25-30” is a decently vague expectation that is not at all useless when making life decisions.
The problem is that project management timelines are kind of useless when you’re measuring goals on the realm of 5 years.
Many EPC projects have timelines over 5 years. It’s not about the tools but about who is using them and how.
Engineered Plastic Components?
You had me laughing. Thanks.
Engineering, Procurement & Construction. Usually includes commissioning.
How is your experience on reality following up with that kind of thing?
Well, mine is abysmal, thank you for asking, BUT I have seen people drive for life goals like that with single-mindedness and actually achieve them. I imagine you have to widen your “acceptable” target landing zone quite a bit most times.
People only achieve life-goals because they get attached to the process of making them happening. No single person ever has set a multi-year goal and achieved it because they were chasing the goal.
i have a relative like this. no, not metaphorically, literally. got invited to a wedding before the visa papers were filed. not the first time either.
