Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rain, the US Open and Project Management

Now that rain has washed out wo days of tennis at the US Open, the USTA is left with no good options - there are still 4 rounds to play, and only 4 days to play them in.

which brings me to mind of a simple rule of project management: when you put up your project plan, assue that things will happen which you cannot predict or control.. set aside buffers for them AT THE END of the project timeline..

what the USTA should have done is, in the original scheduling, kept Thursday and Friday free of the main events like the Men's and Women's singles, filled them up with doubles, veterans', juniors and whatnot - then they would still have some options..

all life is a project...!

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