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Vol. XII Issue II - February 2010

Project Management eJournal

 

PM ADVISORY:

The SC Addiction!

By James Brown, PhD

Florida, USA

 

I was in Nashville, Tennessee recently checking on a loved one at the hospital.  Behind the parking garage’s row of elevators was a woman smoking in the 27 F weather while the ice cold wind whistled through the garage.  Smoking is not allowed anywhere on this hospital’s property and this smoker was not only in violation of that policy, but she was a patient at the hospital, dressed only in a patient robe and was hooked up to a portable IV pole she had dragged down from her hospital room. 

This behavior did not surprise me because my uncle, a brilliant man with a Masters degree from a prestigious university, set his beard on fire smoking a cigarette while hooked to an oxygen tank.  He needed the oxygen tank because he had emphysema from smoking cigarettes! So I know the power of the addiction from smoking cigarettes (SC).  The SC addiction!

There is a SC addiction in project management!

That SC addiction in project management is Scope Creep (SC).  Scope Creep being defined as a non-mandatory change in scope.  Some individuals and some organizations are as addicted to Scope Creep as individuals are addicted to cigarettes.  In both cases these addicts are good people.  They are smart people.  But they are people with an addiction.  They have sincere and noble intentions to quit, but their addiction results in behavior that is not logical.


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James Brown

About the Author

James Brown, PhD

Author

USA

Dr. James T. Brown, president of SEBA® Solutions Inc., a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute, has provided training and consulting services for dozens of companies nationally and internationally. SEBA® Solutions also provides OnePdu.com http://OnePdu.com for online project management training.  A recognized authority in project management, Dr. Brown is a frequently invited speaker on project management areas of interest. He is the author of The Handbook of Program Management published by McGraw Hill and is a member of the Project Management Institute, the National Speakers Association and the National Association of Corporate Directors. Dr. Brown has a patent for a project scheduling methodology, and has received numerous awards including "Engineer of the Year"   from the Cape Canaveral Technical Societies and is a recipient of the "NASA Public Service Medal" for exceptional contributions to NASA’s mission. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida, a MS in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a certified speaking professional (CSP). To learn more about SEBA® visit www.SebaSolutions.com. You can contact James directly at jtbrown@sebasolutions.com.

 


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