Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

I always hated that question. I mean, truly, truly hated it. Come ON. You can't answer it without going into some serious metaphysical BS that makes any normal person glaze over in 30 seconds.

But...which comes first: the DFS implementation or the folder redirect project? Or Sharepoint 2007 or the published application project? Storage consolidation or DFS (again)?

Without going into techie details (which I actually dislike, much to my tech's disappointment), I'm finding that I can plan my way into a project management circle with little trouble nowadays. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is related to something else that has to be done. A has to come before B which needs C first....but C actually needs A to function!! Try explaining this to your CFO boss who will simply tell you to pick one and start.

And it's true. There is no easy place to start in a loop. Simply pick a point, start the process and understand that something is going to be harder than it could be if C was done first. Sometimes we don't have a choice but to jump in with both feet and pray the water isn't too deep.

With any luck, there is a life preserver nearby. <-- analogy for project plan. ;-)