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After three or four projects, you learn that there are a few things that must go right for most any project to succeed. These are generally referred to as the Critical Success Factors, or CSFs. Here are six:
After three or four projects, you learn that there are a few things that must go right for most any project to succeed. These are generally referred to as the Critical Success Factors, or CSFs. Here are a six:
Ensure strong sponsorship. Someone with money and authority to spend it must want the project. This sponsor must evangelize the value of the project throughout its life. He or she must also be willing to work through trouble spots and make tough choices when an issue goes beyond the project manager’s ability to control it.
Ensure proper funding. Funding should be sufficient. Seem obvious? Most project managers take whatever is provided and assume it will work, just to find themselves in hot water when the inevitable truth arrives.
Pick the right team. Typically, this is the area where we see the most conspicuous signs of a troubled project. Too often staff are assigned to projects simply because they are available, rather than being the best person for the job. This usually results in disruptive changes to personnel in the middle of the project. Required skills must come to the project sooner or later to get the job done. Sooner is better.
Do planning. …
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