Warning! Failure Is Imminent

Address five crucial barriers to ensure project success
by Staff - Wall Street and Technology

[ Commentary by Meryl K. Evans, Editor ]

With all of its certifications, books and on the job training, project management remains a big animal to catch on time, within budget and in the best way possible (high quality).

This short article lists five barriers that companies need to address to ensure cross-functional project success. These barriers come from a study with over 1000 executives and project managers participating from 40 companies.

The five problem areas in a project:

1. Fact-free planning

2. AWOL sponsors

3. Skirting

4. Project chicken

5. Failures

   Read the original article Warning! Failure Is Imminent Address five crucial barriers to ensure project success by Staff - Wall Street and Technology

I’ve heard about these barriers on many a project in my career, and politics plays a big role in most of them. But not all of us has the power or capability to confront these issues because of any of the following:

• Fear of reprisal

• Fear of job loss

• Fear of demotion or cut in pay

• Fear of "getting in trouble"

• The inability to go around an uncooperative manager

Then how do you work through such barriers? Executives and managers, what can employees do to erase these barriers? Or what have you done to work through them?