From the course: The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them

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Why projects are difficult

Why projects are difficult

From the course: The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them

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Why projects are difficult

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- Projects are difficult. They're also fun. They're also interesting. They're great 'cause they finish. They're where all your progress comes from. If you were to look at your organization in five-years' time; and it's bigger, more successful, it will be because of the projects that you've done. So projects are great, but they are difficult. And that's why you really need this course that you're taking. So that's great. But why are projects difficult? And, first of all, as I've mentioned, projects are things that you've not done before. So we're going into the unknown. We're going to do something that's a collection of tasks that we haven't done before. Another reason why projects are difficult is they have the triple constraint. They have cost, quality, and time. So quite often we're trying to do something difficult against a time limit and for limited budget. And it's often made worse by the fact that either we have a customer who's really powerful, and the customer's putting…

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