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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
- Benjamin Franklin

“ Planning is an unnatural process, It is much more fun to do something.

The nicest thing about no planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression “
John Harvey-Jones, 1992


Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
- Bernard Baruch, stock broker, advisor to presidents Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, (1870-1965)

Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.
- Lester Robert Bittel (b. 1918), writer

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you’ll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don’t have a plan. That’s why it’s is easy to beat most folks.
- Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach, University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
- Peter Drucker

It’s not the plan that’s important, it’s the planning.
- Dr. Gramme Edwards

Plans are worthless. Planning is essential.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, general and president (1890-1961)

Among the quotes mentioned, the last two are for those planners who believe that the most important is P6 and its output.

Cheers,
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    Shah. HB ·
    #51
    Copied sentence

    Every men success there will be women behind it in the same way every project managers success there comes a planner
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    Carlos Arana ·
    #52
    "Once we accept our diferences, working together is the perfect match"
    That is also true, but one must be very aware that "diferent" is not equal to "superior" or "inferior".

    Respecting Margaret Thatcher’s quote, I think it is true becuse we MEN tend to DO things the way we think is the best way and WOMEN tend to SAY things the way they think is the best way. Think about it, it gives a whole new meaning to Mrs. Thatcher’s quote.

    Independently from that, and regardless from the gender, One should be aware of what he/she does is consistent with what he/she says.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #53
    Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now”

    Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #54
    after all you will only realize that planning always ends with a question mark...?

    until you act...
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    Shah. HB ·
    #55
    When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #56
    Plans maybe designed for good or bad, and to win or lose, but when can you say that a Plan is not sound for its purpose?
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    Mike Testro ·
    #57
    Hi Anoon

    when can you say that a Plan is not sound for its purpose?

    Sorry - couldn’t resist it - when a plan has SS FF Links and lead/lags and constraints.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #58
    Hi Mike,

    "When an irresistible force meets an immovable object" What do you think will happen?

    I still believe that SS and FF have its purpose.

    Sorry for not supporting your campaign.

    best regards
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    Carlos Arana ·
    #59
    SS, FF and constraints are for use, not for abuse.
    I second mike.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #60
    The more you plan the luckier you get.”

    “The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up.”

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    Shah. HB ·
    #61

    “If everything is going exactly to plan, something somewhere is going massively wrong.”
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #62
    allow me to go back to basics, what is a Plan?

    Can it be derived from a single opinion or several thoughts?

    If a Plan is collectively thought and failed, who planned it?

    If only one did the Plan and it failed, who’s fault is it?

    I still stands that Planning starts and ends with a question mark until you realized it.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #63
    Need teaches a plan
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #64
    what you need is not necessarily what you want

    thus specifications exist
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    Gary Whitehead ·
    #65
    The menu is not the food.

    The map is not the territory.

    The plan is not the project.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #66
    Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail;
    take good counsel and watch them succeed.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #67
    "Plans are only good intentions
    unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."
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    Shah. HB ·
    #68
    Planning without action is futile, action without
    planning is fatal.
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    PM Hut ·
    #69
    The very famous "Failing to plan is planning to fail".

    Here’s also a definition of the Project Plan from the article Do You Speak Project?:

    Project Plan - A deliverable assigned to the most annoying person on the project.
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    Shah. HB ·
    #70
    Planned works make sense when it is executed and updated till it reaches completion period
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    Shah. HB ·
    #71
    A badly planned project will take three times longer
    than expected - a well planned project only twice as
    long as expected.
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    Mike Testro ·
    #72
    Hi All

    Expect the worst and you are rarely disappointed.

    If planning was easy anyone could do it.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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    Shah. HB ·
    #73
    Good control reveals a problem early - which only
    means you’ll have longer to worry about it.
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #74
    It is all about the right people, the right skills, and the one who makes the right decisions!
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    Shah. HB ·
    #75
    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.
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    David Bordoli ·
    #76
    Shahul

    I love you jaundiced view of the world!

    Are these your sayings or others (I’d like to use them sometime and bviously want to cite you if they are Shahul Badhusha originals)

    David
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    Mike Testro ·
    #77
    Hi All

    I have just gone back through the thread and nobody has posted this one:

    The 1st 90% of the work gets done in the 1st 90% of the time the last 10% of the work gets done in the other 90% of the time.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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    A D ·
    #78
    90:10????? I always thought it is 80:20 principle

    :-)
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    Rafael Davila ·
    #79
    It is:

    With regard to work: 90% + 10% = 100%
    With regard to time: 90% + 90% = 180% so you are always late.
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    Mike Testro ·
    #80
    Hi Rafael

    The quote relates mainly to progress reporting - the bulk of the work may look finished but the unfinished details will take much longer than expected.

    One example I cam across was the duct lagging for a hypermarket mall - the sub-contract lagger had done all the straight runs but left the curves and corners.

    He claimed 80% of the work and was paid it.

    The Contractor never saw him again.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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    A D ·
    #81
    haaa haaa haaaaa

    Gr8 rafael
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    Shah. HB ·
    #82
    @ David
    It is a bite of both,i mean copying |& generating a own thoughts that strikes at a moment
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    Shah. HB ·
    #83
    If life is a project to be planned then where is the finish date?
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    Mike Testro ·
    #84
    Hi Shahul

    Depends on your belief pattern.

    For Buddhists there are many projects until you reach Nirvanna when float is eternal.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro.
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    Carlos Arana ·
    #85
    Hi Shaul
    If life is a project, What would be the WBS for your life? What would be your deliverables?
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    Rafael Davila ·
    #86
    Shaul

    If life is a project I want a few years (decades!!!) of negative lag.

    Best regards,
    Rafael
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    Carlos Arana ·
    #87
    If life is a project, then one doesn’t have "spare time", but "Free float"

    One also should focus its effort in creating Total Float rather than plain making money.
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    Rafael Davila ·
    #88
    If life is a project then negative float is good, your life will extend beyond due date.

    Just in case I am claiming an EOT for 30 years.
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    Scarllet Pimpernel ·
    #89
    If life is a project, then,

    I would prefer to live in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Countries).

    In general, Projects in GCC will always get extended, hence, my life will also get an extension of time.

    In particular, Dubai Projects are in standstill. What a wonderful life to live: floating.

    Inshallah.

    Thank you.
    Scarlett
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    Shah. HB ·
    #90
    I guess every one had enjoyed with life as project proverb
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    R. Catalan ·
    #91
    If life is a project... no doubt SS/FF links is better than FS links only.

    Best regards,
    R. Catalan

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    Rafael Davila ·
    #92
    Catalan,

    If life is a project don’t rule out SF&FS between two activities.

    It is a good thing CPM did not existed during the times of Julius Caesar; the Romans would over allocate resources to such activities.

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    R. Catalan ·
    #93
    Rafael,

    Like Cotto will start (S) hard, but Pacquiao will finish (F) him with a TKO.

    .. or Pacquiao will finish (F) him with a TKO before Cotto could start (S) to realize that his fighting the real P4P King.

    I’ve great respect of Cotto.

    Best regards,
    R. Catalan
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    Rafael Davila ·
    #94
    pacquiao Pictures, Images and Photos
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    Shah. HB ·
    #95
    Purpose of planning is to replace an empty mind with an open one
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    Shah. HB ·
    #96
    Check this one out
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMGeFvGppSE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGceIl_imHs&feature=related
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    Darren Kosa ·
    #97
    To the optimist, the glass is half full.

    To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

    To the project planner, someone, somewhere padded out their estimate and the glass is twice as big as it should have been.

    Regards,

    Darren
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    Anoon Iimos ·
    #98
    Hi Rafael,

    Good Day to you! How’s Cotto now? Well, I supposed you will not blame me, I had given you the hint.

    cheers!
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    Scarllet Pimpernel ·
    #99
    Planning is a knock out, for knock out artist and for the real knock out planner.

    All you have to do is be patient.

    Until the last round.

    the 50 USD goes back to my pocket.

    See you next time

    Raffy boy.

    Thank you,
    Scarlett

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    Mike Testro ·
    #100
    Hi Darren

    Its nothng to do with the size of the glass.

    Its what you put in it that matters.

    Best regards

    Mike Testro
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