It's a familiar scenario: you've just been assigned to manage a mission-critical IT project, and you've been told that you've got a schedule of six months, a staff of five people, and a budget of $250,000. But with a little investigation and estimating work, you've concluded that at the very least, it will take 12 months, 10 people, and $1 million. You try to negotiate a more reasonable set of project parameters, but you're told that the deadline is fixed, that no additional people can be hired, and that money is tight.
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Coping with "Impossible" Project Demands
By Ed Yourdon
Posted May 26, 1998 | Leadership | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify | Amplify
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