Project Management Quotations
“A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected - a well planned project only twice as long as expected.”
“A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning.”
“A problem shared is a buck passed.”
“A two year project will take three years, a three year project will never finish “
“A user is somebody who tells you what they want the day you give them what they asked for.”
“A user will tell you anything you ask about, but nothing more.”
“Any project can be estimated accurately (once it’s completed).”
“Fast - cheap - good: you can have any two.”
“For a project manager overruns are as certain as death and taxes.”
“God had a huge project and he got it done in 7 days.”
“Good control reveals problems early - which only means you’ll have longer to worry about them.”
“Good project management is not so much knowing what to do and when, as knowing what excuses to give and when.”
“Good project managers admit mistakes: that’s why you so rarely meet a good project manager.”
“If an IT project works the first time, it is wrong.”
“If at first you don’t succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.”
Courtesey of Mike Harding Roberts