Within 3 months of arriving, I wanted to leave a particular project. It was leaderless ship where the PM himself would not attend meetings, and others were deliberately sabotaging any progress. Five years later, the RFP was cancelled 15 minutes prior to closing due to issues with funding. It took another two years to award a contract. Saving Changes...
1. Bad sponsor
2. Unpaid subcontractors and financial issues
3. Unrealistic target. Saving Changes...
maria antonette cardosoCommercial Project Manager| Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Emirates LLCAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Jul 10, 2018 8:18 AM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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All the posts so far raise many important issues that would certainly make a project not very nice to manage, but only one so far would make me leave a project, and that is Kiron's number 1 reason: "Anything that would force me to compromise my integrity."
I fully agree with Santi & Kiron that anything that would compromise my, and/or Company's integrity as the primary reason not to accept or quit a project.
Everything else can be worked out, but once integrity is gone its a done deal. You cannot anymore turn the pages back, and you will lose all chances for the future.
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Aug 07, 2018 7:40 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Yes Maria, we don't want to burn bridges.
Saving Changes...
Osama SadiProject Manager| planned percentageAjman, Select An Option, United Arab Emirates
Jul 10, 2018 10:13 AM
Replying to Dinah Young
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I knew a project manager that made everything hot pink and purple for demo purposes. He wanted to make it clear that the colors would be decided after the functionality is worked out. He said that if he tried to use realistic colors the customer would spend hours discussing the shade of blue or whatever and the important information would never come up. So he purposefully picked the most outlandish colors.
Good one Dinah, I would choose to make this as part of the solution preferences and have it as a configurable value so he picks whatever he wants. Saving Changes...
The first is clear, Impact on my integrity then in no specific order bad sponsor, unrealistic client, clarity of scope...
But if I need to compromise on integrity, I quit, did it years ago, would do it again Saving Changes...
Anonymous
I would say that, other than a moral/ethical conflict, no reason will allow you to quit a project and still keep your reputation and your job - a consciousness objection perhaps would barely save the former.
Lack of support from sponsors/stakeholders, little to no authority over the project, conflicts/power struggles between sponsors/stakeholders, etc., they all boil down to politics. Sad as it is, project managers oftenly are pawns or escape goats in the internal/external political games played in organizations. If you find yourself in such situation, and all your skills and tools are not being effective to at least keep your head above water, it might be best to jump ship in order to protect your reputation. Leaving a company because you accepted a position elsewhere will hurt your image much less than just quitting a project and remaining in your current organization.
I would say that, other than a moral/ethical conflict, no reason will allow you to quit a project and still keep your reputation and your job - a consciousness objection perhaps would barely save the former.
Lack of support from sponsors/stakeholders, little to no authority over the project, conflicts/power struggles between sponsors/stakeholders, etc., they all boil down to politics. Sad as it is, project managers oftenly are pawns or escape goats in the internal/external political games played in organizations. If you find yourself in such situation, and all your skills and tools are not being effective to at least keep your head above water, it might be best to jump ship in order to protect your reputation. Leaving a company because you accepted a position elsewhere will hurt your image much less than just quitting a project and remaining in your current organization.
I fully agree with Santi & Kiron that anything that would compromise my, and/or Company's integrity as the primary reason not to accept or quit a project.
Everything else can be worked out, but once integrity is gone its a done deal. You cannot anymore turn the pages back, and you will lose all chances for the future.
Yes Maria, we don't want to burn bridges. Saving Changes...
Tamer Zeyad SadiqAssistant Cost Manager| Turner & TownsendRiyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
They are many reasons!! Like lack his roles and responsibility, not control project constraint, lack inter personnel skills, lack of communication,...etc Saving Changes...
