Blogs about: Troubled Projects
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PM Quote of the Day -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. … more →
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How customers learn, wrongly, that escalations solve issues
picarus wrote 2 months ago: During any project it´s normal that appear issues. Some of these issues will have impact on the sche … more →
Ambiguous Scope
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iammarchhare wrote 7 months ago: If you don’t know where you are going, then you won’t know when you arrive. It really is a simple c … more →
A typical unsuccessful project (II)
picarus wrote 8 months ago: On the first part of this post, a review of the typical situations that raise from projects with unr … more →
How to Manage a Troubled Project
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iammarchhare wrote 9 months ago: Technorati Tags: troubled projects,project management This isn’t my first blog, nor is this my … more →
A typical unsuccessful project
picarus wrote 9 months ago: I know I shouldn’t say that, as it sounds like a disclaimer for own failures, but my experienc … more →
PM Quote of the Day -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Paul Ritchie wrote 9 months ago: If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. … more →
Podcast on barriers to successful IT/CRM
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Paul Ritchie wrote 11 months ago: Michael Krigsman over at IT Project Failures hosted the first in what he hopes will be a regular ser … more →
Projects can die a good death
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Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my project. Prepare to die. Nice to see that projects ar … more →
Troubled Projects and Engaging Change Stakeholders
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Glen at Herding Cats (here) points to a Center of Business Practices study (here) on the causes of t … more →
Corner Cutting Survey Results: Risk Monitoring
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: The corner cutting poll’s third answer (at a low 12 percent) is “On-going risk monitoring and … more →
PM Quote of the Day -- Collette
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Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. In many of my roles … more →
PM Quote of the Day -- Golda Meir
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. I had forgotten about this quote f … more →
Corner Cutting Survey Top Answer: Not communicating with senior management
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Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Executive body language after cancelling too many meetings The corner cutting poll’s top answe … more →
Project debriefs...the Army way
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Nice post on after-action reviews (AARs, or what we call reviews or debriefs) by Ed Kless at VeraSag … more →
Pressure, Error, and Leading Project Escalations
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: While we’re on escalated projects it’s a good time to hearken back to Dietrich Dorner … more →
Dialogue -- Going private with bad news
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: NOTE: This post leverages material from a TechRepublic article (here). Of course, be prepared to hav … more →
Dialogue -- 4th "D" for Leading Project Escalations
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Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: “AND to be able to explain it …” — Pericles on leadership The great Athenian recognized that … more →
Decision -- Formal vs. Informal Escalation Leadership
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Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Typically, a formal escalation revolves around major problems like a system stand-still. For example … more →
IT Project Failure -- executives asleep at the wheel
Paul Ritchie wrote 1 year ago: Laurie Orlov from Forrester has a great post about how inattention dooms so many transformational pr … more →
