Re: The bigger the project the worse they are

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, garystruthers wrote:

> My smaller projects have nearly all succeeded and my largest ones
> have nearly all been white elephants. Are there studies or
> authoritative sources showing declines in efficiency as projects
> grow?

Only anecdotal "folk lorish", but good anyway..
   http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/02/top-tips-for-project-managers.html

My second most favourite line from this list is...

"Every failing, overly ambitious project, has at its heart a series of
  successful small ones trying to escape"

My favourite line is...

  "A failing project has benefits which are always spoken of in the
   future tense "

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