Avoid Project Management Pitfalls

Evade project management pitfalls and save the day.
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Major Business Pain Points

  • IT organizations seem to do everything in projects, yet fewer than 15% successfully complete all deliverables on time and on budget.
  • Project managers seem to succumb to the relentless pressure from stakeholders to deliver more, more quickly, with fewer resources, and with less support than is ideal.
  • To achieve greater likelihood that your project will stay on track, watch out for the four big pitfalls: scope creep, failure to obtain stakeholder commitment, inability to assemble a team, and failure to plan.
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Key Points

  • While many project managers worry about proper planning as the key to project success, skilled management of the political factors around a project has a much greater impact on success.
  • Alone, combating scope creep can improve your likelihood of success by a factor of 2x.
  • A strong project sponsor will be key to fighting the inevitable battles to control scope and obtain resources.

Approach

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  • Take steps to avoid falling into common project pitfalls.
  • Assess which pitfalls threaten your project in its current state and take appropriate steps to avoid falling into them.
  • Avoiding pitfalls will allow you to deliver value on time and on budget, creating the perception of success in users’ and managers’ eyes.
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Methodology and Tools

1. Learn about common PM pitfalls and the strategies to avoid them

Consistently meet project goals through enhanced PM knowledge and awareness.

  • Storyboard: Avoid Project Management Pitfalls

2. Detect project pitfalls

Take action and mitigate a pitfall before it becomes a problem.

  • Project Pitfall Detection & Mitigation Tool

3. Document and report PM issues

Learn from issues encountered to help map PM strategies for future projects.

  • Project Management Pitfalls Issue Log

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