Shock news IT Project delivered on time and on budget

[suityou01]

It's easy to get even difficult projects in on time and budget, just add 50-100% extra to the time and budget while using your charm to sell the extra cost as "essential". Then when it comes in quick and cheap you're a hero who can add an extra £100 a day to your rate for all the follow-on work coming in.

Also known as the "Scotty principle". If the Enterprise broke down, Scotty would tell Captain Kirk it would take 8 hours to fix, Kirk would tell him he needed it in 4, Scotty would deliver in 3 and be looked on in awe for delivering heroically once again and saving the day. Not once did Kirk call him out for being a bluffing time-padder who spent all the extra time stuffing his face with pies.

In reality, if you're not routinely adding 20% to time and budget you're going to be let down by someone who couldn't care less and your reputation will suffer.

You too could be a bluffing time-padder stuffing your face with pies while being looked on in awe by those unworthy souls who struggle to do things to best-case time & cost.

I love this. Good post. Made I larf...

[minestrone]

An old ploy in the building trade would be to tell the tradesmen that if they did a 'bit of work' they could knock off early for the Friday, of course the job would be done in half the time. On the Monday morning they would be held to the time they did to do that 'bit of work' for the rest of the week. Estimates would be changed based on Friday's performance.

[Cliphead]

An old ploy in the building trade would be to tell the tradesmen that if they did a 'bit of work' they could knock off early for the Friday, of course the job would be done in half the time. On the Monday morning they would be held to the time they did to do that 'bit of work' for the rest of the week. Estimates would be changed based on Friday's performance.

I did a stint as the site labourer (summer job), years ago on a large building project. No labouring involved just shouting at guys to get their hi-vis vests and hard hats on and touring the pubs on a Friday afternoon getting them back to the site.