Sophia Tutorial Project Success & Failure,

1. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS A project is considered a project failure if it never concludes or if it doesn't achieve its defined outcome. The first category of failure involves problems with project participants. These issues can arise with all members of a project team. Certainly, if the project manager is a poor choice for the project, the project will likely have issues. Sometimes leads are chosen for their technical knowledge and they lack experience with project management. Project managers with little knowledge of a project type or its deliverables can also encounter problems. Perhaps the project sponsor is wrong. A sponsor chosen by seniority instead of passion or knowledge of the project goals is often an issue. A sponsor must be committed to resolving the problem or opportunity the project is trying to address. A project team can be chosen poorly. A team might be transferred to a new project only because they just completed another project, with little consideration for their expertise or applicability to the project. On the other hand, a team might be cobbled together from broad areas having no relationship to the new project to which they're now assigned. There's also might be a lack of important skills and expertise on the project. Organizations that are moving into new areas of business or organizations that are growing quickly and hiring new less experienced employees encounter this problem often. ©