Pareto principle

Pareto’s principle, the 80-20 rule, is of course also true for projects. Some examples:

80% of the project managers time is spend on 20% of the team.
80% of the work is delivered by 20% of the team (and most of the time not the 20% in the above example).
80% of what the client wants takes up only 20% [...]

Focusing on results can look strict

In projects it’s important to focus on results. The business case is the main result we want to reach. But the teams also need to book smaller results, contributing to the business case, the work packages. Without finished work packages the business case is not fullfilled. So as a project manager I have to focus [...]