"Using experience from the Titanic as an example of PM that could be improved upon, is a very good idea. But my congratulations go to the the author on a riveting series of articles. I was glued to the screen, reading each part to discover 'what happened at the end'. If you are in PM, maybe you're in the wrong trade. An excellent read. "
taniev - May 24, 2005

"The article assumes the scenario of early 80's where organisations were working in a functional model approach where there was no collaboration & co-operation amongst the members working on a project but in the current scenario where we have a seperate project management area of communications management & risk management plus tighter integration with other departments of a project I dont think its applicable to the entire IT industry. "
rahul76 - January 22, 2004

"This is totally on the mark! This hasn't changed in 100 years. I don't agree with the comment made that says we don't run into these problems with current methodologies. In my 28 years in IT, testing comes at the end of the project and therefore carefully laid test plans are scaled back due to project overruns in other areas. Six weeks of testing is turned into four. Why test for three months? One month should do it. Nowadays, people don't even know what hash totals are -- what do you need those for when you're doing a conversion? I agree with the author that it is important not to let business needs unduly push you into implementation before being ready."
clnewman - January 30, 2004

"Found your Titanic article on Gantthead very interesting. I'm sure you are going to elaborate in following articles, but particularly when viewing the James Cameron movie (and assuming this is true to the facts), it is striking that the "crew" were very poorly briefed about the capabilities of their vessel i.e. the Project Handover was very poor. I am thinking of the fact that they stopped engines and turned the rudder - had they kept the engines going, the ship would have turned faster and they didn't know that a glancing encounter would likely do more damage than a head-on collision. I am sure you will say that the poor testing time had a lot to do with this - as a PM, it is important to ensure good handover (even if you have to ask for more money) or get blamed for the lousy deliverable! Can tell you a story about an IT project I took over that suffered this disease!! Thanks." Owen Price

"A friend forwarded me your article from Gantthead. It was very insightful and well written. I'll have to check out your book." Elizabeth Schmitt

"Just a quick fan letter to say I have enjoyed your Titanic article series on Gantthead, and have just ordered a copy of your book.  Look forward to reading it.  Interested to know if you are doing other research or writing on the topic of project management." Robert McKeeman

"Dear Mark, I just read your article titled “IT Project Lessons from Titanic”. I found it very interesting and you have developed very true and interesting analogies between the two processes. Just wanted to compliment you on that….
Rgds, Bilal Asghar | Applications Engineer

"Read your article on Titanic it was excellent how you related Titanic to the IT projects."
Fatima Murad, Senior Auditor, Internal Audit & Corporate Security