Are You Ready?
Whenever we have a project to complete at Enigin we try to plan for every eventuality, and generally we complete the tasks to our satisfaction and, happily, often beyond.
The as we all know the adage “The best laid plans…” so often proves true, though in most cases it is not a case of failure but delays and challenges and natural tangents as a project progresses, adding tasks and outcomes.
In my experience, which at my age can be kindly described as extensive, very few projects come in on projected deadlines or budgets. Generally the process seems to involve getting as close to both goals.
It is rare that a project is so far behind that it appears to be an impossible task - usually it is some very small detail, confirmation or decision needing to be completed/made that delays a project, irritating but that’s life.
Hence I have to scratch my head when I see that the Commonwealth Games, like a mini Olympics for members of the British Commonwealth (formerly Empire), are facing huge problems because the purpose built participants village in Delhi, India, have not been finished, well at least a sizable area of the village remains incomplete.
A footbridge, a new one, has collapsed, roads were subsiding after heavy rainfall and a lot of the accommodation was no more than unfinished concrete block cubicles! In one block of rooms athletes got in early training having to run from a cobra.
How can planning for such a large even be so far behind? You could expect at times that the paint is only just dry as occupants enter their rooms - but this was way behind. The Indian Army has to arrive in numbers to finish off, complete and oversee the work.
I know some people will say that in many culture corruption and other political shenanigans can play there part. I recall a commentator for the World Cup in South Africa this summer mentioning how a local politician had been murdered as he looked to stop the bribes and corruption in the construction of one of the stadiums.
But if that is the culture I am sure it is included in the time and financial budgeting, but I am sure the reasons will become apparent as time moves forward. Just make sure you carry out your projects in a better way than they have in Delhi.
At Enigin we will keep moving forward, with a slight delay, but we will get there within plenty of time.
So…are you ready?
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