So gluttony (latin: gula) is defined as 'the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste'. However as stated previously we'll be supplementing this with the, more expansive, view outlined by Thomas Aquinas.

The sin of Resource Management, and its associated transgressions, could, arguably, be regarded as one of the most impactful of all deadly sins. This is simply because in many project environments resource cost is by far-and-away the major cost contributor and hence any lack of control can result in rapid and significant cost impact. Some people are under the impression that once you have planned the project, defined the strategic delivery model (offshore model), estimated the work and allocated the resources you're home free. But by the very nature of projects these activities must be carried out frequently to help deliver against project goals. Take the view of finessing not re-inventing as small resource management changes made in a timely fashion can help you meet the overall delivery budget. The key attributes of a top project resource manager are their ability to spot trends and resource risks, to delivery, before, or as, they happen.

So in bulleted form have a read of the following and see whether you recognise any of these gluttonous transgressions from your project environment:

• Weak planning – Praepropere (eating too soon) – Ramping up your project/programme team before clearly defining a plan (even at a phase level) against which progress can be clearly tracked.
• Imbalanced off-shore model – Laute (eating too expensively) – Using a primarily onshore based strategic delivery model without actively considering offshore options.
• Poor estimating – Nimis (eating too much) – Poor estimating can result in a corpulent project team burning budget against over-inflated estimates
• Ineffective resource allocation – Ardenter (eating too eagerly) or Studiose (eating too daintily) - Being too aggressive in your resource allocation against plan can result in a cost-inflated but schedule-contained position just as being overly cautious can result in a cost-contained but schedule-extended position.

Do you recognise any of these transgressions? With the possible exception of Laute (eating too expensively) all of the above list will be relevant to your project. If you acknowledge the existence of some of these in your environment then you're suffering from GLUTTONY! …the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.

Let's go through the appropriate penitence to free your project environment from gluttony, the second of our deadly project sins...