IT Project Mechanic

I’m blogging at www.ittoolbox.com/pm/itprojectmechanic and thought you might want to review the article that I posted there called “Why am I doing this?”

You can visit the blog here: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/itprojectmechanic/archives/why-am-i-doing-this-23212

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Why are most documents created for projects never reviewed after approval?

Once upon a time, I was consulting for a company in Florida who was implementing controls in their systems. The management was insistent that every step of the process be documented to the letter. As the project manager, I began to carry these requests out with the project team I was working for. In almost every case, the employees of this firm were vehement in their opposition to the formal documents I was requesting.

I began thinking – why is the management of many companies enamored with documentation but the working masses so resistant to the idea? There is an obvious answer – (more…)