A Contractor Boom?
I’ve been contracting for almost 10 years now. Those 10 years followed 10 as an employee. While contracting has its downsides, it really has been more enjoyable for me to be a contractor than an employee. I’ve made lots of good friends in the client offices I’ve worked in, I’ve had lots of challenge and opportunity, variety and since I tend to get restless quite quickly, the constant change has served me well. Recently, I’ve heard more and more full timer’s...
Read MoreBuilding Contingency into Project Plans
Building a project plan with no contingency metrics (for budget and timeline) is foolish. Yet PM’s do it all the time, this one included. Why? It can only lead to expanding budgets and timelines for projects unless they are almost completely understood at the time of the original estimate, which is almost never. By definition, a project is a unique undertaking. If it wasn’t unique, it would be operations and hence understood and repeatable. This uniqueness translates into...
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