Balaji NetragantiProject Delivery Manager| Deloitte ConsultingGlendale, Az, United States
When a project is not proceeding on track (is over budget, over schedule and not delivering results). Management is in the dark about it. Is it PM's responsibility to convey this to Management and request for immediate project end. There are other stakeholders who would like it to continue as they are benefitted, and their words have more weight to Management than PM. What should be the PM's stand? Saving Changes...
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Well...you as a PM, you own that project. So it’s your responsibility to communicate it to the management. This is another reason to have regular project meeting with all the stakeholders so no surprises...
Deciding on whether or not to end the project depends entirely on the circumstances. In such situations PMs should DEFINITELY warn management that something has faltered (hopefully long before panic sets in). Two options then remain, again, depending on the circumstances: 1. fix the problems; 2. Terminate the project. Management may want to replan the project rather than bury it. Not only that, PMs should feed status reports to management so the second something goes awry a contingency plan kicks in. Warning signs usually appear gradually, not suddenly (unless a disaster or something out of the ordinary occurred). "Surprises" usually point to communication problems. Management typically hates surprises. Also, PMs should have determined and monitored potential risks right from a project's initiation. A mitigation plan should accompany each threat. You can't account for every risk, of course, but trying to forsee potential dangers before they occur can really ease the pain once they inevitably do. Communication and risk management need to function to avoid such situations. Saving Changes...
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