Why Projects Fail

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The Fast Forward Freeze-Out

The following entry is a part of the Pattern Library. The library records samples of the common patterns of behaviour that set the context within which the chances of project failure are increased. Name : The Fast Forward Freeze Out In brief : A sponsor accelerates progress in the planning of a project by freezing out [...]

Bottom Fed Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Bottom Fed Failure  In brief : Substandard work at the implementation level results in poor quality deliverables that lead to project failure Description : [...]

Transitional Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Transitional Failure  In brief : Deliverables are created, but the value the project hoped to create is lost due to an ineffective transition into [...]

Schedule Pressure Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Schedule Pressure Failure In brief : An excessively aggressive schedule results in mistakes being made from which the project never recovers. Description : Excessive [...]

Focal Imbalance Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Focal Imbalance Failure  In brief : Project team focuses their energies into certain parts of the project while paying insufficient attention to other critical [...]

Top Led Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Top Led Failure In brief : Strategic blunders by Senior Executives at the start of the project put the project on a course to [...]

Disconnect Failure

The following entry is part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of behaviours and events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Disconnect Failure In brief : Project loses sight of its overall business objectives and ends up implementing a system that fails to meet the [...]

Quality Kaboom

The following entry is a part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Name : Quality Kaboom Type : Behavioral pattern (patterns that shape the sequence or flow of events) In brief : Quality activities are pushed to the end of [...]

Alignment Failures

The following entry is a part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Alignment Failures  In brief : Different parties are focused on different goals resulting in conflicts and poorly alinged efforts Description : Although the need for a formal [...]

Navigational Failure

The following entry is a part of the Pattern Library. The Pattern Library records the common patterns of events that have the potential to lead to project failure. Pattern name : Navigational Failure In brief : Team lacks leadership and oversight in one or more dimensions resulting in errors and omissions. Description : Technology projects [...]