Kovendo

    “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” – Parkinson’s Law In a study by the Harvard Business Review , 88% of project managers admitted that they regularly face project delays , even when initial deadlines seemed “realistic.” Sound familiar? It’s not always the complexity of the project or lack of resources. More often, it’s something subtler, something psychological. Let’s travel through the lens of Parkinson’s Law , and explore how time, when misunderstood, becomes the most deceptive project manager of all.   A Tale of Two Teams: The Start of a Lesson Meet Team A and Team B. Both were assigned the same internal project at a mid-sized tech company, building a knowledge base system. Team A was given 3 weeks . Team B was given 6 weeks . Oddly enough, both teams delivered in exactly 6 weeks . Team A finished in 3 weeks and then spent another 3 weeks polishing, updating, and rethinking. Team B, meanwhile, started s...