Comments on: Why Projects Fail http://www.hatesomethingchangesomething.com/sandbox-007-why-projects-fail/ Ideas to be successful in business. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Pete Aldin http://www.hatesomethingchangesomething.com/sandbox-007-why-projects-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Pete Aldin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:50:17 +0000 http://www.newmediasandbox.com/2008/05/14/sandbox-007-why-projects-fail/#comment-70 Mm. good advice here. Twice, no, thrice! I've worked on designing training programs for companies and had them tell me (when I'm FINISHED) "yeah, we don't need that anymore". The problem was, it took me three times to learn to gain a deposit first before I wasted a month or so designing it. Since I've insisted on the deposit, (or a contract outlining payment) interestingly, only one company has gone ahead, but I've stopped wasting time designing things for a whim in some manager's mind. Mm. good advice here. Twice, no, thrice! I’ve worked on designing training programs for companies and had them tell me (when I’m FINISHED) “yeah, we don’t need that anymore”. The problem was, it took me three times to learn to gain a deposit first before I wasted a month or so designing it.

Since I’ve insisted on the deposit, (or a contract outlining payment) interestingly, only one company has gone ahead, but I’ve stopped wasting time designing things for a whim in some manager’s mind.

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