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Identify the key driver for your project - it focuses scope discussions when it feels like some would have your project solve world peace

It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options - Robert Half

If you Sponsor insists on putting too many constraints on your project, insist on telling them it has a high risk of failure.

Bad news isn’t wine – it doesn’t improve with age - Colin Powell

At the heart of every large project is a small project trying to get out

Win:Win > Win(you):Lose > Win:Lose(you) > Lose:Lose

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done - Bruce Lee

Enthusiasm is contagious - if you want your team to care about delivering, then this starts with you.

Anyone who stops learning is old. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young - Henry Ford

A user will tell you anything you ask, but nothing more.

Understand the context of your project - how is it aligned to strategy, what are the drivers, what are the constraints.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver - Ayn Rand

Your plan will never be perfect - it just needs to be good enough to point you in the right direction and should continually evolve.

Just Say No to Big Requirements Up-Front

You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline but you can't con them into meeting it (so don't do it)

Good team + clear objectives + business alignment = successful project

The hotter the battle the sweeter the victory - Bob Marley

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