The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell Quotes

“You can tell a man is clever by his answers – you can tell a man is wise by his questions.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“• If you fail to plan you are planning to fail.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression.’ John Harvey Jones”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“Any project can be estimated accurately (once it’s completed).”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“Beyond this, then, consider how you are using your project team. Are they being truly utilized in the sense of applying their combined knowledge and skills? Could you use them more, delegate more, trust them more, and benefit from their experience more? I bet you could. Try it. Finally, something I have always advocated is having fun. While this does not necessarily allow you to be more productively”
― Michael Finer, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“Imagine you were able to save some of that 70–90% of your time. How much more relaxed would you be?”
― Michael Finer, The Lazy Project Manager and The Project from Hell

“When starting out in a job or role for the first time there is often a belief (both from the individual and sometimes also from their manager) that being extremely busy and putting in long hours can be productive.”
― Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager and the Project from Hell: Back in the Comfy Chair for More Productive Lazy Wisdom and Then Off to the Time Machine to Save the Worst Project in History - And All Before Tea Time