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Observations on Knowledge Work Knowledge work does not fit the principles for Taylor’s methods. With Taylor’s methods, the knowledge workers and managers have different views of project success. • The workers view projects as successful if they were technically interesting and rewarding. • The managers view projects as successful if they met their cost and schedule targets. Since groups rarely succeed when members and managers work to different objectives, software projects keep failing. It is also why large systems programs are unmanageable with today’s management methods. © 2008 by Carnegie Mellon University Introduction 12
The Large Project Problem Large programs are typically composed of multiple small projects. The small projects can usually be managed with informal and unmeasured methods. When large programs are managed informally, they typically fail because of • unanticipated problems • unmet interdependencies • the blame culture © 2008 by Carnegie Mellon University Introduction 13
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