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The Global PM Challenge

Michael Wood

November 2, 2009





Once you have experienced leading a global project, you quickly develop a respect for the challenges they present. You can never over-estimate the role culture, language and business environment play in global projects. Leading a project in five countries is exponentially more complex than leading a domestic one. Leading multiple projects with multiple global teams is even more daunting and fraught with opportunities for failure.
Consider Boeing’s headaches with the manufacturing of 787 Dreamliner as highlighted in Business Week’s article “The 787 Encounters Turbulence”:
“Technical glitches, missed deadlines and stretched nerves are par for the course with new planes. But far more than a new plane is at stake. Boeing has undertaken a grand business experiment with the Dreamliner.



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