http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/acknowledgements-for-schedule-games.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/acknowledgements-for-schedule-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-5218 PM Interviews: Johanna Rothman « Outside of the Triangle Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:33:41 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8153#comment-5218 [...] Schedule games, especially the Split Focus (multitasking) schedule game and the Pants on Fire (we-can’t-decide-which-project-is-most-important) schedule game. Split Focus wastes time for everyone and prevents projects from moving forward. Pants on Fire doesn’t allow a team to finish a project. Why don’t senior managers realise how damaging either of these games are for the team? [...] [...] Schedule games, especially the Split Focus (multitasking) schedule game and the Pants on Fire (we-can’t-decide-which-project-is-most-important) schedule game. Split Focus wastes time for everyone and prevents projects from moving forward. Pants on Fire doesn’t allow a team to finish a project. Why don’t senior managers realise how damaging either of these games are for the team? [...]

]]> http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/acknowledgements-for-schedule-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-129 David Chen Sun, 15 May 2005 07:10:21 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8153#comment-129 The 90% Done game reminds me of an engineering rule of thumb. "The 90-90 rule of project schedules: The first 90 percent of the project takes 90 percent of the allotted time. The last 10 percent takes the other 90 percent." The 90% Done game reminds me of an engineering rule of thumb. “The 90-90 rule of project schedules: The first 90 percent of the project takes 90 percent of the allotted time. The last 10 percent takes the other 90 percent.”

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