Work & Study

Catching Up After Falling Behind

A team member recalls how their project fell behind schedule and how they recovered.

B17 min

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1Managing a project is harder than most people think at first.

2Last year, our team had to finish a website in two months.

3At the beginning, everything went smoothly and we all felt quite confident.

4Then two designers became ill, and we fell behind schedule quickly.

5Our manager quickly called a meeting to discuss all the problems.

6We decided to share the extra work between the whole team.

7I stayed late three evenings a week to help the others.

8Slowly, we caught up and finished only two days late.

9The client was still happy because the quality was very high.

10From this experience, I learned that teamwork matters more than speed.

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