Why do projects fail?

If we raised such question within an environment where people do not completely agree on what a project failure is, the opinions about how a failure is determined are likely to be inconsistent each other.

While in some cases the triggers and the reasons are easy to be detected and pretty clear to everyone, it is not unusual to have projects in delay or over budget which are still considered a success for the organization where the project team operated.

 

So, what's the point?!

 

Quality assurance VS quality control

The acronyms QA and QC are often inflated and waved as flags. But what's the real difference between quality assurance and quality control? And what's in those subjects for a project manager? 

The following article enables the reader to differentiate two elements which are fundamental for business success.

Mentor's pad - About recognition

Mentor's pad is the website corner which shows tips in pills. Just flash-posts about a specific topic, always indicated in the title. Enjoy!

One of the things which everyone intimately seeks in life as well as at work is to be admired by others. 

It is an innate need which you can leverage on as a leader. Due to our social nature, our happiness comes as a result of being personally recognized more than as a consequence of getting something which we miss. With differences from individual to individual given by the context and the circumstances, people are generally encouraged to exceed in the next task every time they are given compliments for an effort made.

Do you manage your critical path?

Today we are going to refresh an important schedule analysis tool, that is pretty known to the specialists in project management. We are in the world of the project "time management" and the tool is called "critical path method.

CRITICAL PATH METHOD. It was introduced around 1960 and further improved till today. Currently, CPM is implemented by default in the most common project management software.

How to setup a progress meeting [Free Template included]

Complex projects require ponderous efforts in properly tracking all the issues which may jeopardize their smooth execution. 

Like a waterfall, problems come continuously up and they do not ask permission before falling onto your desk. You may have closed a top issue right now and here we are, three new problems are already requiring your attention. That's it.

PROGRESS MEETING: Unless you have a magic stick to nip in the bud every single issue, it is likely to go on and on and be soon in a situation where the number of open items increases faster than the number of the "closed" checks you can mark them with.