I worked in the technical role in the IT industry for most part of my working career.
In the past, I can’t believe why we get some horrendous projects thrown to us. What is the back story there.
As I get more senior, my project manager started throwing me to coordinate more with the sales side of the business.
That is when I start to understand why things are so horrendous.
Why Projects Fxxk Up
A lot of the times, the project eventually take longer than expected to deliver.
This can be due to projects being more complex than imagined, staff that are task to carried out the work being incompetent, the project manager being incompetent.
However, a lot of projects got overrun because realistically the projects were under-priced, so that the bid is competitive.
If won, the budget to execute that project is severely limited, so that eventually the ......