Very creative and weird mini-guitar USB Drive

The weird miniature acoustic guitar USB Drive (Via Etsy)

I once had a very beautiful USB drive that looked like a bridge, which i got as a gift at a career fair in Abu Dhabi. It was so cute and unique that each time I pulled it out to use, I got a compliment. Sadly, my cute USB is now missing and i was planning on getting a new one. Luckily for me(and you dear reader), while surfing the net this week I found this drop dead gorgeous (forgive me for anthropomorphisingJ) and classy USB Drive that kept me staring at my computer screen with my mouth wide open in admiration for more than a minute.

Technology: The Celebrated Killer

(Picture obtained from www.ehow.co.uk)

Like yesterday, I remember having to use the post to send my application form and credentials to an examination body. Those days were very memorable, not for how fast the service was, but for how I waited anxiously for my documents to be delivered, yes they were eventually after so much delay, but without feedback. I wished I could have them delivered in just 20 minutes (technology did much more than I expected). I also wished I could send them from the comfort of my home.

Technology has changed everything. We have now substituted sending letters via the post to sending emails with documents attached (where necessary) which can be delivered in spilt seconds.

How do project managers handle scope creep?

Picture gotten from Xavier Leadership Center.

Change they say is the only constant thing! While some changes come with bells and whistles, others are as meek and harmless as a sheep. This is the tale of scope creep. It might be as simple as one or two minor added task that might not hurt the project in the short term, to an outrageous request from stakeholders to add a major feature to the project. Either ways scope creep is unavoidable! In the project management world, scope creep is to a project as man is to breathing in oxygen. According to Howitz, although there are several reasons why a project could fail, but one of the major reasons is scope creep (Howitz, C. 2010).That is not to say as project managers we should just sit around, fold our arms and do nothing about it. Scope creep itself is not always the ugly monster some project managers paint it to be, how it is managed is what matters the most (Russell, L.2007). Now comes the big question, how can scope creep be managed?