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A Rush to Failure
Planning is the first line of defense for preventing failed projects, yet organizations continue to launch new initiatives without a fundamental understanding of what they are undertaking and how they will achieve it. Here are three simple but critical tips for project managers to improve their chances of success before the project starts.
Every year thousands of projects are completed over budget, out of scope and past deadline. Still, with each passing year, organizations continue to rush into projects without due diligence in defining the project and creating a plan for project execution. By lightly addressing these critical components they are, in essence, failing their projects before any work has even commenced.
So how can project managers efficiently execute a project plan while at the same time meet the deadlines and expectations of senior management? Here are three simple but critical tips for any project manager to improve project results.
1. Ensure all stakeholders are identified.
When beginning any project it is important to meet with all potential stakeholders and understand their interests with respect to the project. Many projects fail when the project manager doesn’t realize how a special interest group (unions, environmental groups, etc.) can delay or stop a project. The project manager must represent all such interests in defining the …
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