In our day to day lives, we never stop to think about the good practices and principles which methodologies try to help us with and which inevitably get left to one side as we rush through just trying to get the project in on time.
But what if we began to make time to do things properly. To ensure we had everything written down and agreed? That we'd made sure we had the bases covered? Would this then provide us with the time to get all the paperwork done as we wouldn't have to rush around because we'd got everything lined up previously?
To my knowledge, no-one has ever followed a methodology through to the very end. If you have, I'd love to hear from you and whether it made a difference.
For me? I've been reminded today through teaching PRINCE2 to someone that there is a good reason why these methodologies exist and why they are so detailed. Documents I'd forgotten about which we need to ensure both us and the customer have an enjoyable project experience. IT has a bad reputation for projects....what if we decided to make a change and do things properly?
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