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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

After $170m spent on a project to upgrade its computer system, the FBI project crumbled because the requirements were ill-defined from the beginning and the software didn’t function the way the agency had hoped. For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat. So why do some projects crash to their doom?

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PMI Are some more equal than others?

The Lazy Project Manager

So what is my concern and why am I mentioning PMI? Well I’m not just focusing on PMI but the behaviour I am concerned about seems to be rather more prevalent within PMI and PMI Congresses than others. PMI’s global membership currently exceeds 500,000, impressive of course. Let me explain.

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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The IIL Blog

AI is a branch of computer science that focuses on providing computer hardware and software with the ability to execute intelligent tasks with Generative AI (GenAI) learning and improving with each query. For over a quarter of a century, the Standish Group has tracked, reported, and improved software-intensive project success rates. [1]

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

your executives), To manage-out (i.e. For at least twenty years and counting, the world around us has become more and more software driven, and, as a result, more digital. Electric vehicles are about 50% software, in terms of value, whereas fossil fuel cars are mostly hardware. the executive level). your project team).

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Product Management Considerations for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

Incorporating product management concepts into project planning and execution is recommended to achieve organizational goals. While product managers focus on the product's strategic direction and market success, project managers concentrate on the tactical execution of projects aligned with these strategic objectives.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Flawless Execution. Presentations and Briefings. Managment Processes.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Project Management Software & Tools. 41% say executive support. 10% say Executive managers are certified. Number of PMI Certified Project Managers: Total Number of PMP credential holders: 607,128. # PMI Agile Certified Practitioner holders: 5,265. [14]. Project Management Software & Tools.

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