by Frank P. Saladis, PMP
It’s something we should start with
It takes some time to build.
Without it we’d be lost and
Our objectives unfulfilled
We take our time to write it
The team provides support
The scope, the cost, the schedule,
And to whom we will report
It’s everything we think we need
Nothing is left to chance
The plan is like a symphony
To make the tasks all dance
The project then begins its life
And we are on our way
We know that we need something
To keep from going astray
We work to meet our deadlines
But they seem to come so fast
There’s a change to make again today
We hope that it’s the last
The tasks are late and the team is beat,
There’s so much yet to do
The sponsor is at your office door,
Just waiting to speak to you.
We know we had it all worked out,
Our objectives were so SMART
It’s time to do what we should have done,
Use the plan from the very start.