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		<title>Project schedules are very carefully planned</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Reality: Estimates are chopped to make delivery dates acceptable</p> ]]></description>
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		<title>take away the number you first thought of</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Planning is a business process not a parlour game. But the old game of “Take away the number you first thought of” is a subliminal part of many project plans. When the agreed estimates are subsequently not delivered, the project <a href="http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/tag/planner/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with planner">planner</a> is the one left with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Planning is a business process not a parlour game. But the old game of “Take away the number you first thought of” is a subliminal part of many project plans. When the agreed estimates are subsequently not delivered, the <a href="http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/tag/project-planner/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with project planner">project planner</a> is the one left with egg on their face, even if their original <a href="http://devilsguidetoit.com/index.php/tag/plan/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with plan">plan</a> was shredded to tatters by over-optimistic stakeholders. <img src='http://devilsguidetoit.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif' alt=':twisted:' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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