- Infrastructure is only exciting to IT people unless it reduces cost or downtime.
- A well planned change that is executed nearly flawlessly is almost like poetry OR when it goes well it goes really well.
- The curve balls at the beginning of a project are nothing like the ones that you get towards the end.
- If testing is running behind then you have more risk then you actually know.
- Vendor's are best motivated by clear messages about what's in it (or NOT in it) for them.
- Project coordination is critical when you're ripping out and reinstalling huge chunks of your business engine.
- There is no adequate way to thank everyone who puts their blood sweat and tears into the projects.
- There comes a point in the project where the illusion of control is no longer an illusion. This statement is intentionally ambiguous.
- A decision to delay is difficult but sometimes the right thing to do.
- Project accounting is best left to accounting experts.
In the wake of delays, resource constraints, financial challenges and some big wins I still enjoy this role and would do it all over again. I'll probably even feel that way after these programs are done!
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