Project management · Running it · Component
The change log
What was added or changed, and what it cost in time — because absorbing changes without adjusting the date is how projects slip invisibly.
The deliverable
What it is
A project can be delivered exactly as planned and be three months late, because it absorbed eleven changes each too small to justify moving the date.
The log makes the accumulation visible, and it is the answer to the question of why the project is late.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The explanation
What the log says about the project.
3 attributes: Total slip · Explained by change · Unexplained
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A project late by exactly the sum of its logged changes was delivered as planned. That is a scope finding.
The other components in running it
The progress measure
What is actually finished, established rather than reported — because percentage complete is an opinion.
LearnThe early warning
What would show a problem before the deadline does — because a project is reported on track until shortly before it is not.
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