Tag Archives: project failure

It Takes Hundreds of Project Hours to Fly

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

If you are an RAF pilot consigned to flying a desk at the MOD in Whitehall, it must be galling to be continually reminded by the National Audit Office that your project management skills will never get off the ground. Most … Continue reading →

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Either get Projects Right or on OTOBOS

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

The problems at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi demonstrate the importance of delivering some projects on time. Some projects on time? Surely all projects should be delivered on time, on budget and on scope: OTOBOS. If not projects fail, and so many … Continue reading →

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Stuck Inside the Project Comfort Zone

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

A project is a temporary organisation, established to fulfil a specific remit. Projects are usually formed inside bigger organisations, where they nestle like small Russian dolls, impervious to the outside world. Within the organisation, projects are far removed from the … Continue reading →

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Look at the Big Picture

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

I have written so extensively about project failure over the past few years, (indeed the last time was only last Tuesday) that I thought it was time to do something about it, by adding my contribution to a future  where the … Continue reading →

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HMRC Data Modelling is Also Shambolic

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

HMRC’s antiquated new system, which was launched in January 2010 but retains the PAYE processes developed in the 1940′s, was cunningly captured by Matt today. Following the computer cock up revealed over the weekend. Today there were more revelations in the HMRCgate saga. It has emerged … Continue reading →

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HMRC’s Antiquated New System.

Posted on September 7, 2010 by

The HMRC are today sending out letters informing millions of people that they have been paying the wrong tax. Some will get rebates, but millions of others will be told that they owe an extra £1400. The HMRC seem to have got away with this enormous … Continue reading →

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Projects Fail. That is What We Have to Manage.

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

If I had a dollar for every article, blog, tweet that I had to read about project failure, then I could bail out BP. If we are so obsessed with project failure then we have to learn how to manage how to … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Project Sponsors

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

It is generally accepted that keeping your project team close and your project sponsors closer, is a way to ensure project success. After all these are the stakeholders that provide that vital link to the business. Keeping this group of … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Project Triangle

Posted on February 11, 2010 by

We are grateful to PMhut for providing some of the longer term statistics behind our piece: ‘Project Managers are Rubbish’. The figures are taken from the Standish Group CHAOS Report, which monitors project management success and failure. . The trend … Continue reading →

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Project Managers Must Read This

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

A couple of weeks ago a report was leaked to The Times newspaper. The report was about MOD procurement. The report headline was that: Across a large range of programmes, this study found that the average programme overruns by 80% … Continue reading →

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