http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/01/19/301/ The magazine for the project age Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/01/19/301/#comment-145 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/01/19/301/#comment-145 Work defined as making and keeping commitments has given us plenty to think about. The old adage that it's easy to make commitments and hard to keep them has been revised. We now realize that making them is the real difficult part. It implies much we have learned from Lean Construction techniques as far as work being made ready. Commitments made without this prerequisite effort are at risk for failure. I can relate to you situation, Hal. Work defined as making and keeping commitments has given us plenty to think about. The old adage that it’s easy to make commitments and hard to keep them has been revised. We now realize that making them is the real difficult part. It implies much we have learned from Lean Construction techniques as far as work being made ready. Commitments made without this prerequisite effort are at risk for failure. I can relate to you situation, Hal.

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