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Share your experience: Have you ever stopped the project works for a whole day due to IT issues.

Samer Alhmdan Senior Project Manager, PMP, PMI-RMP, LEED AP, EDGE Expert| dar Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Share your experience: Have you ever stopped the project works for a whole day due to IT issues.

Posted: Mar 27, 2018 11:57 PM

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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Samer, I haven't stopped a project, but I have stopped a task or deliverable due to technology issues.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 1:58 AM

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

I second what Sante mentioned. You can’t just stop a project unless you were forced to and had tocaccept the fact.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 2:16 AM (Updated by author: Mar 28, 2018 2:17 AM)

Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia

We used that time to get organised and get other stuff done. I always keep independent tasks ready to be performed whenever xXxX happens .

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 5:13 AM

Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States

There is always something to do. I never had to raise the red flag to stop all work. If all project work comes to a halt that is an indication of some serious problems.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 6:07 AM (Updated by author: Mar 28, 2018 6:08 AM)

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Often activities can be delayed due to infrastructure issues. This does not necessarily stop the whole ship, but the delay had caused negative impacts which ultimately had to be absorbed.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 6:34 AM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Samer -

This is where risk management & potential fast tracking comes in. If you hadn't foreseen this risk, then you'd likely want to review your schedule to identify activities which your team can productively work on taking into account the risk of rework...

Kiron

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 7:52 AM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Never. If you face that situation and do not have possibility to continue working then you are in troubles as project manager. Key thing to decide hiring a project manager is to avoid surprises.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 10:36 AM

Janice Grier Senior Technical Vendor Manager| ATT Shelby Township, Mi, United States

No.

Posted: Mar 28, 2018 12:00 PM

Muhammad Noman PM I| Confiz Limited Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan

NO, It should not happen as it will be considered failure of PM or PMO. For a few hours it may happen but not for a day.

Posted: Apr 13, 2018 2:08 AM

Arash Bayazian Sarkandi CEO| Eizat Alhayat project management Services Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I think it is not you who stop the work because of IT issue, the IT infrastructure are very important for the companies which if it get any issue the project works will be stopped automatically

Posted: Apr 13, 2018 6:03 AM

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