I was engaged for several weeks on a commercial document publishing project, which exhibited the normal elements of “critical schedule, high complexity, limited budget, conflicting technologies, and parochial infighting”. They are normal elements; they are not necessarily handled well in most projects.

Which got me thinking and philosophizing…. Why is success [in anything] so rare? Why is failure [in everything] so common? Can “the odds” be predictably beaten? Etc.

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