Re: Default Task Type

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Changes to the schedule don't mean it's failed. But a project plan that a) finishes late; b) finishes over budget; c) fails to meet chartered scope; or d) is abandoned prior to completion certainly is. While scope changes certainly occur and by themselves don't necessarily mean failure, they should be driven by changing business needs or a changing economic environment and not by scheduling or budgetary conditions within the project. The whole reason for using a scheduling tool is so we are better able to devise a plan that will have us finishing on-time and within budget WITHOUT having to compromise on scope or quality and one that is solidly enough grounded in reality that we'll actually be able to work the plan as scheduled in practice.
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"Jack Dahlgren" <jack@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234IfpXuiIHA.5780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

....>> I know that scope tradoffs happen in software development (and
elsewhere) - that doesn't mean they're good.

Changes to a plan in response to reality are inevitable and are neither bad nor good.

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The schedule tool doesn't know if a change is good or bad either. I hope you aren't suggesting that a schedule is failed if there is any change to it. Changing your "reality" to match your plan is not a particularly good idea.

-Jack Dahlgren


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