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For many of the stakeholders, support requires signed approval, but it doesn’t stop with
a signature. Keeping this rule also demands that you ensure the stakeholders’ ongoing
interest in your project.

Rule 9: Thou Must Be Willing to Change

This rule goes along with Rule 3. You must be willing to adapt the project plan and
implementation to guide the project where it needs to go. Sometimes things change for
justifiable reasons, such as a rain storm that stops the work on a construction project.

Rule 10: Thou Must Keep Others Informed of What You’re Up To

You must keep all the relevant stakeholders informed of your progress, problems, and
changes. The way to obey this rule is simple: communicate, communicate,
communicate. As things change on the project (andt hey always do), you’ll find through
your communications that the stakeholders may want or need to introduce their own
changes into the project. You’ll have to frequently refer to Rule 9 while adhering to Rule
10.

Graham’s Law: “If they know nothing of what you are doing, they suspect you are doing
nothing.”

Rule 11: Thou Must Be Willing to Try New Things

Because every project is different, with different people, goals, and challenges involved,
it would simply be inappropriate to use the exact same methods, software, charts,
graphs, or other aids on every project. The standard methods and tools can be used
with all projects, but not all projects involve the same risk or complexity. Large, complex
projects will likely use more methods or tools than smaller projects. Both too many
methods and too few tools can doom a project. You must adapt the processes,
technologies, tools, and techniques to the needs of the project at hand.

For example, you obviously need to put more detail into the network diagram for
building a new corporate headquarters from scratch than you would for setting up a new
sales office in a rented building. And some recurring projects, such as managing the
monthly production of a newsletter, might not need a network diagram at all.

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