The Top Ten Reasons Projects Fail (Part 4)

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The Top Ten Reasons Projects Fail (Part 4)

Frank Winters

April 16, 2003






Finger pointing often occurs when projects fail. The project managers will say, "Don't blame us; we didn't get the support from upper management that we needed." Team members will say, "The PM is an idiot who doesn't get it." Upper management sometimes reverts to caveman behavior: "Just give me a name!"

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Finger pointing is a powerful piece of evidence that poor leadership at multiple levels exists in the organization. Ironically, this evidence is also a clue to the cause of failure once failure has been acknowledged.

 

When there is a leadership vacuum and negative inputs are coming from those who should be leaders, it's up to the PM to fill the vacuum and overcome the negativity.



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