A Project success is Team’s success, A Project failure is Project Manager’s failure. Is Project Manager ONLY responsible for Project failure ? Kindly share experiences or quote examples for above d
Yes. This is the prime responsibility / sprit / feeling the PM should have when he owns project. By thus PM stops putting blame on others and move towards finding the root cause of any failure. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Thanks for the article link Anupam. The article sums it up well. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Sorry but that is not right. Project manager is part of the team. So, ever the team fail or being successful. If you take your line of thinking you will fail as project manager. And Senkodi, with all my due respect, other behaivor to fail as project manager is thinking that the project manager owns the project. Saving Changes...
Thank Anupam for sharing the article link.
PM is accountable for project success as well as failure. So, it is obvious that PM would be blamed. But organization should also look out for root causes like processes, etc. Saving Changes...
Project manager sets direction of the team so when a project fails most of it is his/her fault, be it mismanagement of human resources or not working efficiently, vice versa when project gets successful project manager is the one who gets the most fruit of it.
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1 reply by Adrian Carlogea
Jun 16, 2017 6:33 PM
Adrian Carlogea
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This may be true when the PM is also the technical lead of the project. If the PM is not also a good technical expert then he will not be able to set too much direction to the team because he will not know what work related instructions to give to the team members.
My experience is that PMs are generally not fully responsible for the failure of a project especially when they are not also good technical experts capable of managing the technical aspects involved in the project.
When the technical leads/managers take work related decisions that prove to be bad for the project it would be absurd to blame the PM as he/she had absolutely no power over these issues.
PMs should only be responsible for just some aspects of the project and not be blamed for things that are beyond their control. And I can tell you many things in a project are beyond the control of the PM, not just the technical aspects. :)
Does this applicable on the type of organization you are working on ?
I agree the Project failure is Project Managers responsibility but in a Projectized or Strong Matrix organization.
In an functional organization or weak matrix where PM’s role is negligent still the PM is held responsible for failure of project. Saving Changes...
Prashant SonwaneSr. Program Manager| Winjit Technologies Pvt LtdNashik, Maharashtra, India
A project team including PM are responsible for the project Failure / Success. PM carry's an extra responsibility of being Accountable for everything.
There could be N numbers of reasons for the project failures and if PM didn't pay attention to them right from the start of the project then there must be a problem in project management methodologies. Either they have skipped important processes of PM or approached wrong methodologies.
Mainly I had observed poor risk planning, poor resource planning, no control on change logs, communication lagging are impacting project failures. Saving Changes...
Matthew MoreyProject Turn Around and Recovery Expert| C4 Explosive Leadership Training LLCOld Hickory, Tn, United States
I am often called in to recover failing projects and I find that projects are set to fail from the beginning because of poor scope definition, expectation management, and change management (to include risk). These areas are all PM's purview, and to be blunt, I'm a big believer that the leader takes the blame, but spreads the praise. Whether or not you are directly responsible for the project failure, you ARE responsible because you should be the leader of that team, regardless of organization structure, risks, or absent Project Sponsors. It's why I wrote an article about which character class a PM would be in an online game:
Matthew. Your attached link is a brilliant article and analogy that I would like to reference in my quest to mentor younger PM's in the PMI UK Chapter - is it available in a presentation format? The Tanker role is spot on as the focal point to ensure smooth running of the project to plan - and adapt as required. I am also a Professional Toastmaster , a Master of Ceremonies for special events and the ability to facilitate silent running to a plan is a core skill.
