Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
When people are invited to a meeting , they are confused as to why they are there. If there are agendas for meetings, they are hijacked by ineffective discussions and no-one is in control . Several in-corridor discussions or decisions between stakeholders containing critical information about a project without a formal record of such discussion happening. Changes implemented without a plan and have resulted in system failures. Key decisions being stuck in a bureaucratic abyss and no one is clear if and how they are relevant for or a dependency on a project. Saving Changes...
Deepesh, yes I see those poor communications, you are right and thanks for your feedback Saving Changes...
Lenka PincotChief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management InstituteParis, France
Not taking into consideration experts opinions on what all activities need to be performed and rather ignoring them
Not involving experts in estimating activities and pushing back inputs that suggest things make take longer
Too many overlapping activities while sharing critical team members
No risk visibility or even acknowledgement while having several dependencies between activities
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Jan 10, 2019 9:42 PM
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Lenka, I like all your points they make sense thanks for your feedback
Hi Riyadh,
There are some warning points which are happened due to poor project planning.Stakeholder Disengagement ,Ambiguous Scope,Unhealthy Client/Vendor Relationship and Inexperienced Project Team
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Jan 10, 2019 9:43 PM
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Shadav, thanks those also very valid points and can shows a lot about the planning issues.
The most notable symptoms of ineffective planning that I have encountered are bureaucratic delays with uncertainty and overlapping activities with critical team members as mentioned by Deepesh and Lenka respectively. Saving Changes...
RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Impact on Team member attendance and participation.
Taking leaves and giving lame excuses etc are also other symptioms
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Jan 10, 2019 9:45 PM
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Rajesh, thanks for your points but I think the attendance issue can be controlled because you are the one to approve the leaves
Significant variation from what was expected. Whether that is a budget overrun, unforeseen technical issues, team member shortfalls or escalating stakeholder discontent, if your plans are too different than reality, you will be left dealing with the resulting gap.
Kiron
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Jan 10, 2019 9:48 PM
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Kiron, thanks for your continuous feedback, I have seen a lot of the un-detected technical issues due to lack of experience on the related subject and all falls on me to cover and fix, I started to have more reviews with the team to see if they have missed something and usually I end up adding 3-4 points when it comes to my area expertise.
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
You might get away with ineffective planning, if you have a perfect team and a supportive sponsor and everybody heads into the same direction. Many plans are figleafs anyway, e.g. with large government projects like Sydney opera house or Berlin airport. As German General von Moltke once said: no plan survives the first contact with the enemy. Sure, planning is necessary to be better prepared for ANY situation. Ask a firefighter.
Taking up agile thinking, being adaptive and resilient is more important than establishing a project bureaucracy.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Jan 10, 2019 9:52 PM
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Thomas, thank you for highlighting a different approach and adaptive way to look at the frequent changes and focus on end results my only concern that to find a team aware of the agile methodology and 80% can be adaptive to ensure success of the project but I will be more prepared to expect and accept this in future.
Not taking into consideration experts opinions on what all activities need to be performed and rather ignoring them
Not involving experts in estimating activities and pushing back inputs that suggest things make take longer
Too many overlapping activities while sharing critical team members
No risk visibility or even acknowledgement while having several dependencies between activities
Lenka, I like all your points they make sense thanks for your feedback Saving Changes...
Hi Riyadh,
There are some warning points which are happened due to poor project planning.Stakeholder Disengagement ,Ambiguous Scope,Unhealthy Client/Vendor Relationship and Inexperienced Project Team
Shadav, thanks those also very valid points and can shows a lot about the planning issues. Saving Changes...
