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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Airbus A380 took its maiden transatlantic voyage in March 2007, silencing the critics and proving it could use runways shorter than other smaller jets. These examples show that defining what we mean by success has a significant impact on whether we believe a project has ‘failed’. How would you define success on projects?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail. It touched on the classic reasons for project failures – poor sponsorship and so on – but also focused on how we define failure on projects. Gipsy Moth IV did make her planned round-the-world journey and continues to operate today , taking groups on breath-taking sea journeys.

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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

Scrum.org

It defines Scrum teams as “a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal”. A bit further, it defines Sprint Goals as something that “creates coherence and focus, encouraging the Scrum team to work together rather than on separate initiatives”. 2007, August). Whitworth, E., & Biddle, R.

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What Is a Site Analysis for Architecture Projects? Checklist & Steps

ProjectManager.com

Since site analysis is so important, we’ll first define it and detail its purpose in construction project management. Some useful tools are Google Street View but keep in mind that the tool only dates back to 2007. Without a site analysis, the design is true without context. There are 3-D mapping tools that use volumetric references.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented? The book “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2007). The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. The Scrum Guide” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2020).

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Product-Market Fit: What Is It & Why Is It Important?

ProjectManager.com

The idea of a product-market fit is straightforward and even simple to define, but hard to achieve. The obvious one is the Apple iPhone, a device that wasn’t unique but captured the imagination of customers so effectively that it’s hard to believe it was only introduced in 2007. Related: A Quick Guide to User Story Mapping.

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Summary of Capabilities Based Planning

Herding Cats

There have been some recent posts about managing scope, defining needed Features, determining how to release software to stakeholders - in both traditional and agile processes. Capabilities Development and System Acquisition Management - Executive Primer, Army Force Management School (AFMS) February 2007 (version 12.0).

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