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  • STUDINGPosted on: 07-20-09 | By: JUMAI WANT TO BE A GOOD STUDENT.
  • Grand DesignPosted on: 07-10-09 | By: Anonymousyou should always discuss with your boss the grand design of your ideas. Then pilot one step at a time toward the full realization. This keeps budgets in check as you build the foundation of your grand design. We are not gods looking for believers in our ideas but men that can lead others to believe as we do.
  • AmenPosted on: 07-09-09 | By: Joe MaglittaYou highlight another important critical success factor: project estimation intelligence. It's good practice not to rely on a miracle to save an overly optimistic, hair-brained, over-reaching plan. If you're a Biblical prophet called upon to do the impossible, hey sure. But for the rest of us, we have intelligence for a reason...Thanks for the insights...
  • Evolution of Human Project PlanningPosted on: 07-09-09 | By: Meredith PoorThe forces of natural selection have left the majority of humans with the tendency to underestimate projects by about 3:1. In short, if you think remodeling your kitchen will take two weeks, it will probably take six. If the nuclear reactor construction planning estimates 6 years to build, it might not take 18, but it will take 3 times as much work hours as original anticipated. The original Apollo project was estimated at $8 billion, it took $32 billion to finish. Given that there were multiple trips, the last $8 billion might have been 'add ons' after most of the real work was finished. <br /> One might guess that the forces of selection favored people that started projects that were within their ability to complete. The people that never started anything to promote their own survival or prosperity are no longer around. The people that started unattainable projects are no longer around either. The underestimation is make the perception of the project 'easy', before enough is invested that the project takes on a life of it's own.
  • One more time...Posted on: 07-09-09 | By: Joe MaglittaMake that 2,300 BCE. Apparently I have had enough/or not enough Starbucks today to affect numerical dyslexia...
  • Date clarificationPosted on: 07-09-09 | By: Joe MaglittaMany biblical historians date the Ark story to around 3,200 BCE. So while ark tech is considerably older, as noted, this instance represented a later Rev...