John A. WilliamsOwner| JAW Consultancy | The PragmaticionerNootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
In my experience, the two main reasons are poor sponsorship and poor communication.
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1 reply by Cesar Fiestas
Oct 05, 2018 2:14 PM
Cesar Fiestas
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John,
Thanks for your input, can you explain a bit more about poor sponsorship? on a project? Thanks
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Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 1:59 PM
Replying to John A. Williams
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In my experience, the two main reasons are poor sponsorship and poor communication.
John,
Thanks for your input, can you explain a bit more about poor sponsorship? on a project? Thanks
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1 reply by John A. Williams
Oct 05, 2018 3:18 PM
John A. Williams
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Cesar, I hope the following helps you get my meaning.
Project Sponsorship Responsibilities
One of the trades of a successful leader is to grasp the importance of responsible sponsorship. A responsible sponsor not only seeks business success but also strive for added value to the community.
International academic studies show that many major projects fail because of poor sponsorship. As a leader, you often have to deal with sponsors yourself, for instance in the case of you leading a sponsored project. On the other hand, you are also a kind of sponsor to your team, your tribe. Maybe more than any other stakeholder, as a sponsor, you must be fully aware of your WHY, your purpose. That will give you the edge to be credible and trustworthy in getting your message across.
The studies show the perceived prime sponsorship responsibilities to be:
• Purpose
• Goals
• Conditions
• Engagement
• Governance
• Redemption
• Communication
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John A. WilliamsOwner| JAW Consultancy | The PragmaticionerNootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Oct 05, 2018 2:14 PM
Replying to Cesar Fiestas
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John,
Thanks for your input, can you explain a bit more about poor sponsorship? on a project? Thanks
Cesar, I hope the following helps you get my meaning.
Project Sponsorship Responsibilities
One of the trades of a successful leader is to grasp the importance of responsible sponsorship. A responsible sponsor not only seeks business success but also strive for added value to the community.
International academic studies show that many major projects fail because of poor sponsorship. As a leader, you often have to deal with sponsors yourself, for instance in the case of you leading a sponsored project. On the other hand, you are also a kind of sponsor to your team, your tribe. Maybe more than any other stakeholder, as a sponsor, you must be fully aware of your WHY, your purpose. That will give you the edge to be credible and trustworthy in getting your message across.
The studies show the perceived prime sponsorship responsibilities to be:
• Purpose
• Goals
• Conditions
• Engagement
• Governance
• Redemption
• Communication Saving Changes...
Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 9:07 AM
Replying to MANSOUR THABET ALQUBATY
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Yes,
Tamer mentioned most of the reasons of why project managers are failed.
Addition to that:-
The projects are not aligned to business and strategy, no business values,Absence of leadership skills,Absence of management support (key stakeholder like sponsor).
and remember the English Idiom which saying
"go BIG or go Home" = the statement which mentioned by Kiron.
BR,
Mansour
Mansour,
But to be honest whats considered a project failure? that it went over budget?, that it never finished? and to be honest in certain types of projects failure in certain phases is expected in order to jump to the next phase. Saving Changes...
Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 10:17 AM
Replying to Joshua Render
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I have failed when I expected people to do what they told me they were going to do and I didn't follow up. 9 times out of 10 it is someone not on the project team, but a stakeholder that needs to do something for us to move the project along. They have other duties and getting things done for the project isn't always their first priority. In some cases, they don't really want the project to go forward. So my not following up and just expecting them to do their part has forced me to reevaluate always being the helpful servant leader. Sometimes you got to be the guy who sends daily high priority emails to someone while cc'ing their boss and boss's boss.
Joshua,
By the way thanks for your time, and let me ask you a question then, do you think that perhaps by sending task reminders in a form of an email (daily) in this case to "the stakeholder" would have reduced the impact?.. Saving Changes...
Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 12:13 PM
Replying to khalid khonchafi
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A very important factor for project success or failure is the high management support for the PM. don't forget politics it's also a high and influence factor
Khalid,
Thanks for your time Sir, can you elaborate a bit more, or provide me with an example? Thanks in advance for your time Saving Changes...
Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 1:02 PM
Replying to Anish Abraham
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I think most of the problems are related to poor communication and processes.
Anish,
Sir I hope all is well, and what would you do or what do you do to overcome poor communication and processes? thanks in advance for your time Saving Changes...
Cesar FiestasTechnical Project Leader| Intuitive ProjectsNewport Beach, Ca, United States
Oct 05, 2018 12:56 PM
Replying to Pang DX
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The difficulty of managing different interests of the project from various project stakeholder groups and individuals.
Pang,
Interesting answer, and it seems to match few other answers, it seems that stakeholders are or could be defined as a "risk" :) Saving Changes...
Kristina Frazier-HenryDigital Practice Leader| Fusion AllianceFishers, In, United States
So many possible answers to this question! I'll limit my answers to factors that are within the control of the PM.
The two that come to mind:
1. Lack of understanding of how to do their job particularly for the environment that that are in.
2. Box checking i.e. completing the "required" deliverables but not actually delivering any value. Saving Changes...
