http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2011/06/06/the-7p-s-of-projects.aspxProper Preparation &amp; Planning Prevents Pathetically Poor Performance I mention this because the process of working out how to make changes to your data centre can and should take longer than doing the actual work.&#160; For example if you are goingen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2011/06/06/the-7p-s-of-projects.aspx#3436328Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:19:23 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3436328Andrew.Fryer<p>Sean </p> <p>You might well be right. It was in commoin use when I worked at the MoD back in the eighties,and yes I might have substituted pathetic in place of another word begining with P :-)</p> <p>Andrew</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3436328" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/andrew/archive/2011/06/06/the-7p-s-of-projects.aspx#3436161Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:58:32 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3436161Sean<p>Great article but doesn&#39;t the 7Ps come from the SAS and using a term that is a little more confronting then &quot;Pathetic&quot;? :)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3436161" width="1" height="1">