"Why don’t we just call plans what they really are: guesses. Unless you’re a fortune teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy. There are just too many factors that are out of your hands: market conditions, competitors, customers, the economy, etc. Writing a plan makes you feel in control of things you can’t actually control.
In fact, you might as well change the name of your business plans to business guesses, your financial plans to financial guesses, and your strategic planning to strategic guesses. Do that and you’ll probably start putting a lot less weight into those things".
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That might be (partially) true for software projects, as the software industry in still immature and very fluid, contrary to the construction industry (construction project management).
However, I did predict that the software industry (and in turn software project management) will be mature in 20 years. Let's wait and see if this 'll happen.
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"I vomit when people come to me and say here’s our 3 year plan. 3 years? In this world that we all live in - are you crazy? You know, 3 weeks and things change".Gary Vaynerchuk
"When I was a venture capitalist investing in companies, I never actually read a business plan, so don't even waste your time with a business plan."Brian Halligan, founder of HubSpot
That might be (partially) true for software projects, as the software industry in still immature and very fluid, contrary to the construction industry (construction project management).
ReplyDeleteHowever, I did predict that the software industry (and in turn software project management) will be mature in 20 years. Let's wait and see if this 'll happen.