Prince2 templates – PBS – Calibrating tools

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Calibrating tools

The PMO could be a source of risk. Especially when the good willingness does not include a greater dose of humility in listening and screening what the people feel about the project.

Tackling the “scope creep”

The pure fact of having set one or more processes for checking that every effort is spent on the declared scope is just a little step toward the real aim: being sure that all tools are aligned on the very same target.

The availability of the knowledge needs to be supported by the certainty that information is accepted and used.

There are some resemblances with planning a city. The utility buildings, factories and residential areas will be created using a concept (algorithm), which needs to be adapted to many factors. People are the first and most important; however, their choices are to be matched with the environmental elements. The number of people makes a huge different in itself.

Calibrating the tools

The search for efficiency tends to introduce a certain grade of rigidity. Less energy spent in the (small) decision process, higher should be the productivity. Who can decide the grade of the needed decision process?

Negotiating it at the beginning of the project can make a huge difference.