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    Well there we go another succesful project completed.

    This one was three years in the making!!

    Beers are on me!


    #2
    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    Well there we go another succesful project completed.

    This one was three years in the making!!

    Beers are on me!

    Well done mate.

    We're demo-ing to the customer this morning.

    7 years and £400 million later...

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      #3
      Originally posted by original PM View Post
      Well there we go another succesful project completed.

      This one was three years in the making!!

      Beers are on me!

      Congrats

      What was the original delivery date
      Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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        #4
        Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
        Congrats

        What was the original delivery date
        Believe it or not it was Jan 2011 - oh and it was also under budget and erm actually we were able to include some extra functionality which was on the wish list.

        So I guess the initial project scope, budget and timescales must have been rubbish then

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          #5
          Originally posted by original PM View Post
          Believe it or not it was Jan 2011 - oh and it was also under budget and erm actually we were able to include some extra functionality which was on the wish list.

          So I guess the initial project scope, budget and timescales must have been rubbish then

          When a project is longer that two years, it can be very difficult to be more accurate.

          "You have all done very well"
          Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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            #6
            Originally posted by original PM View Post
            Believe it or not it was Jan 2011 - oh and it was also under budget and erm actually we were able to include some extra functionality which was on the wish list.

            So I guess the initial project scope, budget and timescales must have been rubbish then

            Nice one!
            "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

            Norrahe's blog

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              #7
              Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post

              We're demo-ing to the customer this morning.

              7 years and £400 million later...
              ....and you've completed your 1000th meeting, written a couple of Word docs and began the initial splash screen.

              I love public sector contracts.

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                #8
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                I love public sector contracts.
                Private sector sinecures are much more lucrative.
                Hard Brexit now!
                #prayfornodeal

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  Private sector sinecures are much more lucrative.
                  True, but most public sector IT projects run longer, so it's £500 per day * 4000 days invoiced, is not a bad sum of easy money.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                    Private sector sinecures are much more lucrative.
                    True, but depends on which particular branch of the public sector you're in. That said, there are fewer carriages on the public sector gravy train these days than there used to be.

                    However, in terms of money invoiced measured against expected workload, public sector wins hands down.
                    You won't be alerting anyone to anything with a mouthful of mixed seeds.

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