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Tag Archives: Project Management
Why are we surprised when vendors can’t keep projects on time and budget?
It has been occurring to me lately that there is a fundamental mismatch between how some astronomy projects select and manage external vendors and their expectations of these external vendors’ performance. In our case, we require competition and fixed price … Continue reading
Is project management enough?
I was reviewing some notes from a colleague’s previous class on project management when I came across the following lines that caught my interest: A business or organization cannot survive on project management disciplines alone. Project management is defined as … Continue reading
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Towards more realistic project costing…
I’ve been involved and associated with a number of astronomical projects now that have depended on some level of external funding. One almost universal feature of these projects has been a pitched price tag that is known to be too … Continue reading