I was sitting in my boss’ office as we planned a big software project. I remember feeling overwhelmed- I was relatively new to the IT department and we were just coming out of a difficult EHR implementation. My boss leaned forward in her chair and said, “Here’s the important thing about managing a project. Start at the End. Everything else flows from that.”
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