Thursday, February 27, 2020

Influencers and discriminating factors



When it's OPM -- other people's money -- the client gets to make the priority judgments.
I call them "influencers and discriminators"




Influencer
Commentary
Resources
Money, staff, infrastructure, intellectual property or access
Real, virtual, remote, dedicated or shared
Time
Calendar, duration, milestones, value-add points
Scope
Client deliverables; business deliverables; project debris
Agile CUD: create, update, delete agility
Quality
Fitness to use; fitness to standards; fitness to “best value”
Risk
Risk to the client; risk to the business.
Impact and likelihood. Black swan effects
Anti-fragile

So, here's how this looks at the extremes:
Or, maybe it's cost management


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