12 Days of Holiday Project Pains

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Project people

everywhere

12 Days of Holiday Project Pains

On the first day of Christmas my client gave to me:

A product spec with no quantity.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

ACME CO.

QTY: ???

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On the second day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Two different due dates

1

8

15

22

29

2

9

16

23

30

3

10

17

24

31

4

11

18

25

5

12

19

26

6

13

20

27

7

14

21

28

DECEMBER

QTY: ??????????????????????????

..and a product spec with no quantity.

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On the third day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Three missing emails

SEARCH Acme Co Product Requirements

! Email not found!Try contacting the sender.

QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Two different due dates

1

8

15

22

29

2

9

16

23

30

3

10

17

24

31

4

11

18

25

5

12

19

26

6

13

20

27

7

14

21

28

DECEMBER

QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

12 Days of Holiday Project Pains

QTY: ??????????????????????????

..and a product spec with no quantity.

12 Days of Holiday Project Pains

On the fourth day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Four emergency conference callsQTY: ??????????????????????????

PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC

Three missing emails

SEARCH Acme Co Point of Contact

Email not found!Try contacting the sender.!

QTY: ??????????????????????????

Three missing emails

1

8

15

22

29

2

9

16

23

30

3

10

17

24

31

4

11

18

25

5

12

19

26

6

13

20

27

7

14

21

28

DECEMBER

Two different due dates

QTY: ??????????????????????????

QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

..and a product spec with no quantity!

Two different due dates

On the fi�h day of Christmas my client gave to me:

FIVE POINTS OF CONTACT!QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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Four emergency conference calls

Three missing emails

Two different due dates

And a product spec with no quantity!

QTY: ??????????????????????????

PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC

SEARCH Acme Co Point of Contact

Email not found!Try contacting the sender.!

QTY: ???

SEARCH Acme Co Point of Contact

Email not found!Try contacting the sender.!

SEARCH Acme Co Point of Contact

Email not found!Try contacting the sender.!

On the sixth day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Six lost attachments

QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

!Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”and 5 others no longer exist.

Would you like to remove them from the list?

Yes No

QTY: ???

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three dra�ed but unsent emails

Two different due dates

and a product spec with no quantity!

QTY:?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC

20 24

“Oh, I Though I Sent this”

On the seventh day of Christmasmy client gave to me:

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three concerned emails

Two different due dates

..and a product spec with no quantity!

! Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist. Would you like to remove them from the list?

YesNo

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

“HEY, WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM YOU ABOUT..”

20 24 QTY: ???

On the eighth day of Christmasmy client gave to me:

Eight rejected invoicesINV. #1

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INV. #1

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #5

$$$TOTAL:$$$TOTAL: $$$TOTAL:

INV. #1

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #6

$$$TOTAL:$$$TOTAL: $$$TOTAL:

INV. #1

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #7

$$$TOTAL:$$$TOTAL: $$$TOTAL:

INV. #1

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #8

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #2

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #3

$$$TOTAL:

INV. #4

$$$TOTAL:

QTY: ???

“WHERE THE HECK IS

THE PRODUCT?!”

! Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist. Would you like to remove them from the list?

YesNo

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

20 2

4QTY: ???

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three angry emails

Two different due dates

and a product spec with no quantity!

On the ninth day of Christmas my client gave to me:

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Ninelower bids

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

QTY: ???20 24

!Atta

chment “Acme Co Budget A

pproval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist.

Would you like to remove th

em from the list?

Yes

No

Eight rejected invoices

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact!

Four emergency conference calls

Three threatening emails

Two different due dates

...and a product spec with no freakin’ quantity!

“If you don’t deliver by deadline, I swear..”

On the tenth day of Christmasmy client gave to me:

Ten unexpected change orders!

DETOUR --->

FINISH!

CHANGE

AHEAD

Nine lower bids

Eight rejected invoices

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three bitter emails

Two different due dates

..and a product spec still without a quantity!

QTY: ???

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

QTY: ???20 24

!Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist.

Would you like to remove them from the list?

Yes

No

$

$$

$

$

$

$

$

$“I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.”

On the eleventh day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Eleven missing samples

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

QTY: ???

QTY: ???

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

Eleven missing samples

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three angry emails

Two different due dates

and a product spec with no quantity!

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

QTY: ???20 24

!Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist.

Would you like to remove them from the list?

Yes

No

$

$$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Ten unexpected change orders

Nine lower bids

Eight rejected invoices

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three desperate emails

Two different due dates

..and a product spec still without a quantity!

“DEAR GOD PLEASE GET THIS ORDER DONE!”

On the twel�h day of Christmas my client gave to me:

Twelve crazy deadlinesQTY: ???

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

CHANGE

AHEAD

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

PANIC

QTY: ???20 24

!Attachment “Acme Co Budget Approval.doc”

and 5 others no longer exist.

Would you like to remove them from the list?

Yes

No

$

$$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Eight rejected invoices

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact!

Four emergency conference calls

Three threatening emails

Two different due dates

...and a product spec with no freakin’ quantity!

Eleven missing samples

Ten unexpected change orders

Nine lower bids

Eight rejected invoices

Seven wrong inventories

Six lost attachments

Five points of contact

Four emergency conference calls

Three hysterical emails

Two different due dates

..and a product spec that never had a quantity!

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

EGGNOG

HAVE YOU SEEN THESEPRODUCTSAMPLES?ACME CO

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