Project management truisms

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Very interesting, so I added some comments.

1. Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it.

   I don't remember how many times I took things for granted. But once I do it, there will be a lot of reasons for resistance. Therefore, standing and talking without a backache means this.

2. You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it.

   You can cheat a person to promise you to do something in various ways, but you cannot guarantee that he will be able to fulfill it. Therefore, any commitment should be made through rational thinking with the full understanding of both parties, so that such a commitment can be easily fulfilled.

3. At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out.

4. The more desperate the situation the more optimistic the situatee.

   Once something gets screwed up, someone may want the situation to be worse, because they can catch the fish. The mess is all bad, so you don't have to clean up, or else you have to wipe your ass.

5. A change freeze is like the Abominable Snowman: it is a myth and wocould melt anyway when heat is applied.

   Demand does not change. This is just wishful thinking. Once there is a breeze, you will not be able to hold on. Therefore, we must always prepare for changes.

6. A user will tell you anything you ask, but nothing more.

   You can obtain accurate user requirements only when you have the correct questions. Incorrect questions can only lead you astray. Although the demand comes from users, we still need to perform a lot of analysis and processing.

7. Of several possible interpretations of a communication, the least convenient is the correct one.

   Lang's slogan and comments are very touching and may not be correct.

8. There's never enough time to do it right first time but there's always enough time to go back and do it again.

   At the beginning, I was eager to finish the work, so many details could not be taken into consideration. In the later stage, although there was plenty of time, I was reluctant to modify and improve it, leaving my regret forever.

9. The bitterness of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of making a date is forgotten.

   Although it was completed on time, the poor quality will keep entangled with you in the days that follow. Some people say that work was just getting started rather than finished when the product was released.

10. I know that you believe that you understand what you think I said,
    But I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

    Although you have explained it, do you really mean what I want to express? In many cases, it is not the same thing at all. Everyone thinks only what they think.

11. What is not on paper has not been said.

    You must write it down. It's black and white.

12. A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning.

    Make the worst plan so that things won't be worse than that.

13. If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs, you haven't understood the plan.
14. If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

    Hide all traces of past failures and only keep beautiful transcript.

15. Feather and down are padding, changes and contingencies will be real events.

    Changes are the norm, and they remain unchanged.

16. There are no good project managers-only lucky ones.

    No good project manager, only lucky. Occasional success does not mean anything. It can only be said that you are lucky.

17. The more you plan the luckier you get.

    The plan does not guarantee that you can finish it on time, but it keeps you close to the facts and has a chance to finish it on time.

18. A project is one small step for the project named SOR, one giant leap for the project manager.

    The success or failure of a project depends on the project manager.

19. Good project management is not so much knowing what to do and when, as knowing what excuses to give and when.

    A good project manager is often better at providing appropriate excuses at the right time, rather than doing the right thing at the right time.

20. If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong.

    When everything goes smoothly, you must be careful. There must be a lot of problems hidden.

21. Everyone asks for a strong Project Manger-when they get one, they don't want one.

    Working under a poor project manager is not necessarily hard. Working under good project managers is not necessarily easy. It is unrealistic to satisfy everyone.