Summary
In this chapter, we discussed in greater detail how a TPM is constantly driving toward clarity. From project initiation, all the way through to project closing, the TPM is clarifying requirements, assumptions, issues, plans, and estimates to continually steer the project in the right direction.
We looked at how everyone takes thoughts and clarifies them into plans, from building seasonal displays at a retail store, to varying levels of ambiguity in the problem a TPM needs to solve. We also touched on how the level of ambiguity increases the further in your career you get.
We explored how driving clarity is used in all key management areas and tied it together with specific scenarios that you can encounter in a technology space.
In Chapter 5, we’ll use the Mercury program and driving toward clarity to build out a more comprehensive project plan as we dive deeper into project and program planning.
