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Not being careful enough when negotiating supply contracts… This is so important especially in today’s day and age.  I have already alluded to supply issues, but there are more, and some are surprising. Often, negotiators try to get goods and Read more…

Spending too little time at the beginning and end of a project…. from our experience there is a lot of pressure on Project Managers to “get things going”.  People seem to think that deciding what you are going to do Read more…

No credible success criteria… It is important to define at the beginning of a project what the success criteria are, and to measure along the way how you are performing to meet them. There is little point in continuing to Read more…

Not tracking finances…. I have worked in companies who insist on tracking expenses, and others who don’t.  I prefer the ones who do.  Why? When you manage a project it is important to have an understanding off all of the Read more…

Being unrealistic about timelines… Wow! This is a biggie.  Often organisational behaviour creates this too, but well estimated projects are the most successful, and are based on no more than experience and common sense. There are simple ways to estimate.  Read more…

Not fully understanding the deadlines and the reasons behind them… This often happens in large companies, but also happens in smaller organisations.  Learned organisational behaviour creates artificial deadlines and as explained earlier, where the time side of the triangle is Read more…

truly knowing what the project is supposed to achieve… It might seem a strange one to start with, but it catches a lot of people out. Sometimes the person requiring a project themselves doesn’t really know or hasn’t quite got Read more…

I am currently sat on a conference call and a discussion arose around some challenges that are being faced with the project and some key barriers causing complications now. One person suggested that we raise a risk.  The PM commented Read more…