Thanks again to David Maxfield for helping us understand
what's going on when everybody knows a project is broken, but
nobody speaks up. Maxfield calls this phenomenon "project
chicken."
When project participants play project chicken, the status and
review process becomes a joke. In numerical terms, here's what
that means:
- 78% of projects exceed budget
- 86% miss deadlines
- 74% have missing or wrong functionality or quality
problems
- Team morale is damaged on 54% of projects
- 23% have a long list of problems to be resolved after the
project ends.
Tired of playing project chicken? Come to RPS 2010 in La
Jolla.
--Marti @ the Summit
