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8. Change, cut, and recover
Project Management for Tech · 36 pages source format
When reality hits, renegotiate scope/date/quality explicitly. Hope is not a plan.
What you'll learn
- Triple constraint
- Cut lists
- Incident-style recovery
Tradeoff conversation
Show options: cut scope, move date, add people (rarely helps short-term), accept risk.
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Write a 3-option decision memo for a slipped milestone.
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Cut list ready
Pre-agree what drops first when time compresses.
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Rank your nice-to-haves as cut order 1…n with stakeholder awareness.
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