1	It’s all about change! Every project has change – if you can control it, limit growth to desired items, and identify where contractors and others are going off in the wrong direction, ………you win! Simple as that ! Don’t get me wrong, it’s hard work, but if you use PM to manage change you will succeed !
2	He expects you to do what ! Control costs, control schedule, and deal with the little bumps in the road that occur each day. He wants you to manage the job and keep him out of it….. Unless things turn bad….then you better have the answers!
3	You know you need help! You’ve heard about these fancy “management” systems – you know you need something but they worry you because you don’t know how much they cost or how to operate them.
4	You can’t use that .. It cost too much! You’ve got people keeping track of things…creating spreadsheets and issuing reports – they cost real money and the information is often all over the place – never available when you really need it! PM keeps all your data in one place with minimal labor costs. You have control over your information and reports – day or night. At the end of the job you have complete records that tell you why the job grew $1.2M
5	Use Your Imagination! For Example: Keep track of changes of things like purchase orders, equipment rentals, unexpected one time costs, etc. with the VN form Use the FCR form to manage a task oriented project ~ each FCR is a task with completion signatures and QA authorizations Use the NCR form to capture the impacts of growth in quantities ~ new drawings increase the quantity of concrete, or a new revision to drawings causes an increase in design hours
6	At the end…..survival! At the end of the project, if you can identify why the project grew by $1.2M and you’ve kept your Boss involved throughout the project, you may survive! Presenting him with an increase of $1.2M at the end of a project without supporting details is a sure method to ensure you don’t survive!