Project from Hell

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I'm beginning a short documentation of the Project from Hell. Now, this isn't a technical document that would in any way be used for business purposes. No, it's a document of the stupidity and trials for anyone else who's ever had to deal with scope creep.

The "Master File"

The Master File is distributed to about 30 or so people. It consists of the following spreadsheets (as of 2/11/2009). And yes boys and girls, these are all in one workbook:

  1. PU - Customer Expectation
  2. DL - Customer Expectation
  3. PU - 1st Appt
  4. DL - 1st Appt
  5. PU - Final
  6. DL - Final
  7. Event Data
  8. Acct Mgr - PU - Customer Expectation
  9. Acct Mgr - DL - Customer Expectation
  10. Acct Mgr - PU - 1st Appt
  11. Acct Mgr - DL - 1st Appt
  12. Acct Mgr - PU - Final
  13. Acct Mgr - DL - Final
  14. Sales - PU - Customer Expectation
  15. Sales - DL - Customer Expectation
  16. Sales - PU - 1st Appt
  17. Sales - DL - 1st Appt
  18. Sales - DL - Final
  19. Sales - PU - Final
  20. Carrier - PU - 1st Appt
  21. Carrier - DL - 1st Appt
  22. Carrier - PU - Final
  23. Carrier - DL - Final
  24. Detail - Customer Expectation
  25. Detail - 1st Appt
  26. Detail - Final
  27. Detail - Event Data
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