Rules on Internet projectmanagement: (4) Keep Focus
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Today, just before the Dutch holiday Sinterklaas a new gift, Part 4 of the rules for the Internet-project management:
Keep focus
Ever heard of ongoing understanding? That is the understanding of what you are getting during a proces. In particular, a client can have this ongoing understanding. He or she starts off with relatively the slightest amount of knowledge about the project and will grow knowledge the most rapidly. And with growth come new insights. And with the new insights, new desires …
It is fine, even good, that new needs arise. Important, however, is to place these new requirements well. Make sure that you continue to focus on the objectives that had you have committed to at the beginning of the project.
Make sure you place the new insights in it, but keep the focus. Dare to say “no” to certain things if they move. Write them down, do them later, or integrate them, but keep the focus. Losing your focus means you lose control over the project.
