{"id":8,"date":"2008-04-01T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2024-02-29T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T12:04:33","slug":"avoiding-the-pitfalls-and-risks-with-project-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/avoiding-the-pitfalls-and-risks-with-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding the pitfalls and risks with project management!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently came across a series of quotes regarding project management and thought I would share them! In essence, they take a humorous angle to the potential risks with project management. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

– “A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected – a well planned project only twice as long as expected”<\/p>\n

– “A two year project will take three years, a three year project will never finish”<\/p>\n

– “Any project can be estimated accurately (once it\u2019s completed)”<\/p>\n

– “If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong”<\/p>\n

There are however ‘other ways’ in working through the complexities, time and budget pressures with project management delivery and successful completion. If you’d like to know more, drop us a line so\u00a0we can share with you Indigo’s practical, proven project solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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