I liked this article by Safinaaz Rawji on why projects fail. We
have a key speaker, David Maxfield, who no doubt will have much to
say about this list:
As managers, we have experienced project failure in some shape
or form. It can come from working on a project you
know should have not have passed through the
governance body and now you have no
choice but to lead, or it can be a project that has
incredible
potential but no one is on board.
Below is a list of common signs/causes of project failure…
- Project Manager is worried about losing their job or upsetting
the leadership team.
- Client expectations are not realistic and cannot be met.
- Client/leadership keeps changing the project design.
- Wrong resources assigned to the project/tasks.
- Poor or lack of Communication with the client, stakeholders,
etc.
- Lack of involvement from stakeholders.
- Poor planning - planning is to rigid and doesn't give space to
handle any issues/risks. Planning is solely done by project
managers.
- Absence of Risk Management
- Management works to make senior management/director/VP's
happy.
- Project is based on CXO's dream with no clear vision or
business value.
