The Project Management Advisor : 18 Major Project Screw-ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass (Paperback)

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Failure #1. We Weren’t Addressing the Right Problem.

Failure #2. We Designed the Wrong Thing.

Failure #3. We Used the Wrong Technology.

Failure #4. We Didn’t Do a Good Project Schedule.

Failure #5. We Didn’t Have the Right Sponsorship.

Failure #6. The Team Didn’t Gel.

Failure #7. We Didn’t Involve the Right People.

Failure #8. We Didn’t Communicate What We Were Doing.

Failure #9. We Didn’t Pay Attention to Project Risks and Management Issues.

Failure #10. The Project Cost Much More Than Expected.

Failure #11. We Didn’t Understand and Report Progress against the Plan.

Failure #12. We Tried to Do Too Much.

Failure #13. We Didn’t Do Enough Testing.

Failure #14. We Weren’t Effective at Training the Customer.

Failure #15. We Didn’t Pull the Plug on the Project When We Should Have.

Failure #16. We Tripped at the Finish Line.

Failure #17. The Vendor Didn’t Deliver.

Failure #18. We Had No Fallback Position in Case the Product Failed.

Wrapping It Up…