Earned Value Management Haiku

Anyone have any good EVM Haiku's? We running a competition where the best entry wins $100  http://ow.ly/l80wq

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Stephen Devaux 👤 Member for 21 years 2 months

Mike, on that (off-)topic (and only for the real cricket nerds):

 

When English cricket was mourned,

And weak bats their line-up adorned,

    Gatt thought: "Oh, the umps

    Will rule: 'Outside the stumps!' "

But then he was seriously Warned!

 

Fraternally in cricket,

Steve the Bajan

 

 

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Mike Testro 👤 Member for 20 years 5 months

Hi Stephen

Heres another

An experienced player named Gatting

Got sledged when starting his batting

An Oz said to Gatt

Why are you so fat?

"After sh**ging your wife I like snacking"

Best regards

Mike Testro

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Stephen Devaux 👤 Member for 21 years 2 months

Hi, Mike and Emily! Congratulations to Christopher Henry -- nice job, very poetic.

Now can I go back to cricket limericks?

 

In youth, his batting was daunting;

Bowlers were always found wanting.

    But now his ducks mount;

    On one hand we can count

All the runs to be added by Ponting.

 

Fraternally in project management,

Steve the Bajan

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Mike Testro 👤 Member for 20 years 5 months

Hi Emily

The examples on your link were not true Haiku which must contain the following rules:

1st Line 5 syllables 2nd Line 7 syllables 3rd Line 5 syllables

It must have some relation to the seasons

It must have some spiritual or phylosophic content.

Here is an example of one I wrote when I was in Tokyo - nothing to do with EVM which is not a proper topic for a pure Haiku

High in winter skies

Flying to new horizons

How the wild goose cries

And one that my Grandson wrote for a school project

Man tickles for trout

In a deep icy river

Gets frozen fingers

Best regards

Mike Testro

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Emily Foster 👤 Member for 14 years 9 months

Very good. I'll add that to the entries. I wonder if your students will come up with anything now they're all on break!

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Stephen Devaux 👤 Member for 21 years 2 months

Emily, unfortunately my semester is over. But it's not a bad idea -- I'll blast an email tomorrow.

EVM, eh?

 

Cost is all there is.

Value? Schedule? Forget it!

Just ess with two bars.

 

Fraternally in project management,

Steve the Bajan

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Emily Foster 👤 Member for 14 years 9 months

Very good...now if only you could submit a Haiku and you could have a chance to win $100 :-)

Perhaps your students would like the opportunity? The competition ends in two weeks!

Emily

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Stephen Devaux 👤 Member for 21 years 2 months

Hi, Emily. Will you accept a scheduling palindrome instead?

 

No! I tag no legal SS lag "elongation"!

 

Fraternally in project management,

Steve the Bajan

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