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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ones that hit the papers are often public sector projects because their audits and budgets are more open to scrutiny. It also cost ten times more than the original budget, finally coming in at £430 million. The planned spa complex to boost tourism in Bath was originally budget at £13.5 billion to £10.9

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Effective Project Communications Management to Avoid Misunderstandings and Delays

Project Pulse Journal

This critical process ensures that all stakeholders, from team members to executives, are kept informed and engaged throughout the project lifecycle. Effective feedback mechanisms further support the communication process, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

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What Makes Organisations Fail to Execute Their Strategy?

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Maybe by some magical process of osmosis? How do they respond when budgets are changed? Is it all part of a global, coherent aligned process, all pulling together, or is it a mish-mash result of perceived priorities, local constraints, cultures, and ways of doing things? Academy of Management Executive 2005. [4]

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Unlocking the Power of Stakeholder Engagement

Project Pulse Journal

This process is quantifiable and grounded in tangible engagement metrics, offering an accurate indication of your effectiveness in this domain. Walk through this journey with us as we delve into a structured, step-by-step process to turn you into a stakeholder engagement expert.

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Fallacy of the Day

Herding Cats

Project Controls are Management Actions, either preplanned to achieve the desired result, or taken as a corrective measure prompted by the monitoring process. In the Project Controls paradigm, Value is a measurable attribute of the project controls process - a Closed Loop Control measure. INCOSE-TP-2005-020-10.

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How to Analyze Business Strategy to Improve Your Projects

Brightwork

Connecting projects to organizational strategy can improve projects in several areas including preparation of business cases, request management, planning and resource allocation, risk management, budget control, and collaboration. Johnson & Scholes (2005) define strategy as “the direction and scope of an organization over the long term”.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. Lessons Learned from Real World Application of the Bow-Tie Method,” Steve Lewis and Kris Smith, 6 th Global Congress on Process Safety , American Institute of Chemical Engineers, March 22?24,