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document.write("Management needs to continue to manage the resources on the project. That doesn’t mean move them around like little pawns on the board, but it does mean that management needs to set a budget, and have people and processes in place to make sure that the project stays on budget. Management needs to be available to make decisions about resource modifications as the project requests them. ");
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document.write("For most projects, resources are pretty much fixed. And (…) the date is sacrosanct. What’s left? Some managers assume that it’s sufficient to demand that the team work hard, with a sense of urgency, and get everything done. Well, that’s really good fiction writing, but it’s not management. Management is the process of meeting the goals as well as possible, within the limitations of time and resources. ");
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document.write("<em>(<a href=\"https://ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/jatmakingthedate/\">Ron Jeffries</a>)</em> ");
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