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The Project Management Advisor:
18 Major Project Screw-Ups And
How To Cut Them Off At The Pass
The Project Management Advisor:
18 Major Project Screw-Ups And How To Cut Them Off At The Pass
This is your complete, hands-on guide to saving projects in trouble. Drawing on over 25 years of frontline project management experience, Lonnie Pacelli, The Project Management AdvisorTM identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure: their causes, early warning signs, and how to fix them before it’s too late.
If you’re a working project manager, consultant, or team leader, this book is your secret weapon. It’s fast. Relevant. Practical. Easy to read. Easy to use. Above all: it works.
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Here are specific, practical, immediate solutions for all 18 key causes of project failure:
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Screw-up #1 – We weren’t addressing the right problem
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Screw-up #2 - We designed the wrong thing
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Screw-up #3 - We used the wrong technology
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Screw-up #6 - The team didn’t gel
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Screw-up #7 - We didn’t involve the right people
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Screw-up #8 - We didn’t communicate what we were doing
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Screw-up #9 - We didn’t pay attention to project risks and management issues
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Screw-up #10 - The project cost much more than expected
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Screw-up #11 - We didn’t understand and report progress against the plan
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Screw-up #12 - We tried to do too much
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Screw-up #13 - We didn’t do enough testing
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Screw-up #14 - We weren’t effective at training the customer
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Screw-up #15 - We didn’t pull the plug on the project when we should have
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Screw-up #16 - We tripped at the finish line
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Screw-up #17 – The vendor didn’t deliver
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Screw-up #18 – We had no fallback position in case the product failed
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