Leading Cause of Project Failure: No Clear Objectives

Think of the last project that you delivered…. How do you know whether or not it was considered to be a success?

I get to ask that question to people all over the world. More often than not, the responses people provide tend to be subjective. For example, “No one was yelling at me so it must have been good!”

It’s a question we need to ask up front, more often: “What does success look like?”

In this video Andy Kaufman, PMP, host of the project management podcast entitled The People and Projects Podcast explains why unclear objectives cause projects to struggle, and how to create objectives to help you deliver a project successfully.

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paul scanlon September 30, 2010 at 3:27 pm

watched the first few videos very easy viewing & easy to understand, is their a checklist available

Suresh September 24, 2011 at 11:53 pm

Thanks for the tip

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