Foul Tech Sours

In my short time as a professional, I've performed a few actions that I personally consider "checking the box": Graduated high school. Check. Got a government internship. Check. Got a technical undergraduate degree. Check. Obtained a job as a software developer. Check.  Got a job in project management. Check. Got my CAPM. Check. Completed a Master in Project Management. Check (Almost..two weeks left!) Although I have already gotten my foot in the door as a Technical Project Manager, I realize that many of my classmates have not yet penetrated the field. Being among my actual peers (age-wise) has made me realize that we are all completing these "checks in boxes", but don't know what to do next. We (yes, we) often find ourselves performing these accomplishments then asking "How do I...?", "What if I...?", or just straight up "Now what?" especially when it comes to entering the project management fie...

Time, Cost, and Scope. Three attributes that can apply to just about any aspect of life. Regardless of the scenario to which one might decide to apply these constraints, there's always a give and take. For the sake of this entry, lets define time, cost, and scope as the following: Time: The duration required to complete the project and all associated sub-projects and deliverables. Cost: The total financial resources required to complete the project. This includes the cost of all resources, and the cost to complete individual work packages. DISCLAIMER: The next definition probably varies from source to source, however, this is my blog, and I will use knowledge that I've acquired over the course of my several years of formal education. Scope: The requirements and objectives that have been identified to determine what the end product is expected to accomplish. Photo Credit:  Cosmocatalano on Wikimedia | 2010 In a perfect world, time, cost, and scope would all be e...