It's A Date
I had to chuckle when I drove past a local arena and saw the sign advertising the Cinco de Mayo concert... on May 3rd. Evidently, somebody neglected to tell the planners that "cinco de Mayo" is Spanish for the 5th of May. Oh well. I'm sure the concert content is great, regardless of which day it occurs.
In project management, we talk a lot about late tasks and how these impact the project and the organization. Sometimes, we neglect the impact of tasks that come in too early. An older post at the Ever Changing Crusades blog yields a valid issue on completing projects too early:
Since I mentioned Dead Lines.......back at my previous job, I had absolute dead lines. Everybody did. What was the point in getting a project finished too early and then something, at the last minute, changes the outcome and have to redo the work? My view was/is to just wait until all the facts were in, and then do the job.
So assess your tasks. Think about the predecessor and successor relationships. Look at impacts and resources. If your task needs to finish on a specific date, then don't try to overachieve. (Mind you, don't procrastinate either.) Just get it done... right... and on time.
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