Why Project Fails

Project Management

Why Projects fail

Chaitanya Gode

Wilmington University

Table of Contents

Introduction        3

What is a failed project        4

Conclusion        5

Reference        6

Introduction:

It is basic in project administration to note the thought of authority as an association on the grounds that it focuses on an imperative way in which all pioneers are eventually needy upon their groups to accomplish venture objectives. To advertise the thought between the project manager and the group, there are four things important- purpose exchange, right to differ, accountability, and honesty. Achievement is infectious. Venturing up and being a pioneer, the pioneer, the group, and the whole association. Authority brings forth achievement and achievement is infectious. Companions impersonate the victories. (Stewart, 2012).

Successful correspondence permits all allies to be locked in and take after the four rules from the trade of reason to supreme genuineness. A method for conveying may be through gatherings. Particular results are both assignment arranged conduct and gathering upkeep. Bunch support conduct comprises of strong exercises including indicating certainty and trust, acting agreeable and steady, meeting expectations with subordinates to comprehend their issues, and perceiving their achievements. Activities are carried out by individuals and most ventures are defeated individuals. Where a task neglects to comprehend who their stakeholders are, or neglects to captivate and correspond with them successfully, the venture is working in a vacuum. Correspondingly, if the group themselves are not working together successfully people can wind up meeting expectations in storehouses that forestall communications streaming adequately. Other issues that may cause a project to fail include

1. Not assessing and setting the time lines correct: In most cases teams involved are not consulted before the time lines are decided. It’s good to assign the time lines based on previous experiences but it the best to involve all the teams in deciding on the time lines.
2. Not have a proper way to escalate or handle incidents: Escalation and Handling incidents is required in a situation where there is need for the higher management or other teams to work on the issue. Hence having a good and tested way to escalate and handle incident can help in delivering the project efficiently.
3. Poor team collaboration: Communication is very important in making sure that the project is moving as planned. After all the planning is done, its the people who has to work, hence providing a proper communication channel to all the employees will help the project. In some cases teams are time zones apart.

Lack of experience: Getting the right people work on a project is another challenge. Sometimes getting the right people may cost more than the budget and the project will fail either way in this situation. (Stewart, 2012).

What is a project failure?

This is one aspect that can be ambiguous at times. A project can fail for many reasons like when it exceeds its budget, when time lines are missed, lack of communications between the teams, lack of communications between the Services Company and client, etc. There should be a way to define failure. If the client wants to add some features to the project at a later stage, the project will not be completed within the budget and time lines, but this cannot be called a failure. Hence failure in some cases can be ambiguous. The project is called a failure when the project is not completed in time or it exceeds budget in ideal conditions.