And happy almost-4th of July!
We hope your Summer is kicking off on the right foot! Watermelon is a favorite part of Summer, but it belongs at cookouts, picnics, and in the fridge--not on our work projects!
Even if you're not familiar with the term "Watermelon Project," you've probably worked on one at some point--when your project was green on the outside and red on the inside. This comes from organizations that use a color-coding system to denote the status of a project. We run into the Watermelon Project phenomenon when a project's status says green, but the actual status is closer to a shade of red. What's going on when things seem like they're going well on the outside, but when you start looking at the details, you realize the project wasn't as "on track" as you thought it was? Here are some hints on how to keep your projects in the green, through and through, and how to recognize when things might be going awry.
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