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Using Ambitious Targets to Handle Past Issues

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Tim sits quietly as Micky the interim CEO spends three hours talking over the Griffin project post-mortem and ripping into the poor results and anyone he felt was responsible. Rushed release, faulty code [crt 20], frustrated and lost customers [crt 27], and below expectation revenues [crt 26] were his key criticisms. The Griffin project manager looked sheet white, ready for a firing squad and his impending demotion.

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Bergland, E. (2016). Using Ambitious Targets to Handle Past Issues. In: Get it Done On Time!. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1860-0_7

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