Run it like a project you need to deliver

If you are familiar with project management, you would agree with me that a successful project requires careful planning and execution.

The sad thing is that when something like cancer strikes and a lot of emotions is involved, we throw all that we know about project management out the window. Nobody takes charge of setting a goal, no one really plans, no one really does the budget, no one really bother about communications. It is like a mad house, bunch of indian chiefs running around.

So, if there is something that can be done. Before all of you start running all over the place to look for the miracle cures and overwhelm the patient with dozens of suggestions, all the key stakeholders (usually the family) should sit down and PLAN. Start it like a project and run it like one. Set the goals, divide tasks, set the guiding principles, make the decisions and followup.
They will be challenges along the way, more decisions to be made but the project framework still beats a few indian chiefs running their own ways.