Project Planning

A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected – a well planned project only twice as long as expected.
The more you plan the luckier you get.
There is such a thing as an unrealistic timescale.
At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out.
If you don’t plan, it doesn’t work. If you do plan, it doesn’t work either.
The nice thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.
If you’re 6 months late on a milestone due next week but really believe you can make it, you’re a project manager.
There are no good project managers – only lucky ones.
The person who says it will take the longest and cost the most is the only one with a clue how to do the job.
A project is one small step for the project sponsor, one giant leap for the project manager.
Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn’t have to do it.