Projects: Not Planning Well Enough . . . and Failing.

  Career Development   New Practitioners  

Planning has always been thought of as one of the key aspects of project management or even management in general. We have all heard the quote from Benjamin Franklin: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” ? and most of us believe it. In fact, 65% of practitioners believe the planning phase to be the most critical to project success yet it is woefully understudied. New research from more than 1,300 global projects will be discussed,  the implications, and how this information can help project managers manage better projects. 

Presenter Dr. Pedro Serrador,  PMP, ITIL,  P.Eng., MBA, PhD is an award winning senior project/program manager with more than 20 years of experience. He is a teacher, writer, speaker and researcher on project management topics.

He specializes in technically complex and high risk projects, vendor management engagements and tailoring and implementing project management methodologies including agile methodologies. He is the author various academic journal papers and the book Project Planning and Project Success: The 25% Solution.

He holds an Hons. BSc in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is an accredited professional engineer in computer engineering and has been a PMP since 2000. He holds a PhD in Strategy, Programme & Project Management at SKEMA Business School (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille).

Planning has always been thought of as one of the key aspects of project management or even management in general. We have all heard the quote from Benjamin Franklin: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” ? and most of us believe it. In fact, 65% of practitioners believe the planning phase to be the most critical to project success yet it is woefully understudied. New research from more than 1,300 global projects will be discussed, the implications, and how this information can help project managers manage better projects. Researcher and PMP Dr. Pedro Serrador discusses his recent research findings and ways to optimize planning to achieve the best chance at project success.