Introductions at a Stage Gate meeting……

[Clippy]

I still maintain I got a bargain of a house.

A year ago the house would have gone for £320K.

When I bought, it was up for a very reasonable £280K. They wanted a quick sale, so took it down to £260 meaning I got it for the stamp duty threshold at £250K.

Given this is a detached bungalow in Wilmslow which is hard to come across, I have a house that should be instantly sellable.

It is the lowest price that a house in my area has gone for in the last 8 years. One in much worse nick went for a lot more around the same time.

Cost around £10K to modernise, nice new bathroom, lounge and kitchen. Joiner retired hence tenner an hour cash in hand.

Would I do it again? Yes.

Only regret is not being able to flow the house I was moving from. However, making £300 a month from the rental income, so paying around the same for a much nicer house.

Why don't you test that by sticking it up for sale and letting us know how many genuine offers you get.

[Unicorn]

Boring project term

Is a silo a sort of mental hospital then?

And wtf is a stage gate? Is this some sort of psychological test?

It's a boring project term. Gated process.

Gate 1 - project initiation (PID etc)
Gate 2 - can't remember
Gate 3 - Once Gate 3 is reached and passed by the Project Board (or Executive Steering Group or whatever) then money can actually be spent on POs (ie contractors )
Gate 4 - dunno
Gate 5 - go live
Gate 6 - formal close

or something like that.

HTH

[Cheshire Cat]

Isn't Stage Gate that movie with Kurt Russell and the ladyboy out of The Crying Game? I think McGyver played his part in the TV show that it spawned. I mean Kurt's part, not the ladyboy.

HTH.

[BrianSnail]

I thought it was...

Gate 1 - Front gate
Gate 2 - Back gate
Gate 3 - Stair gate

[BrilloPad]

I thought it was...

Gate 1 - Front gate
Gate 2 - Back gate
Gate 3 - Stair gate

I usually use the back gate.

[BrianSnail]

I usually use the back gate.

Is that you Bob Dalek?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Working in silos meant that key people who should be working together were making introductions at a critical stage gate meeting.

Can anyone beat this??

Yes.