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Title: How NOT to Manage a Project Lessons Learned in Project Management PMI WDC KXF 102604


1
How NOT to Manage a Project! (Lessons Learned in
Project Management)PMI WDC KXF 10-26-04
  • Presented by
  • A. Scott Dam, P.E.
  • ASD EC and SPEC
  • asd_e-c_at_att.net

2
Outline
  • Introduction
  • Project Failures
  • Initiation
  • Planning
  • Execution
  • Controlling
  • Closing
  • Summary

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Introduction
  • How many of you have worked on a project that was
    never completed, i.e., cancelled, rescheduled,
    shelved, and/or forgotten, ?
  • Why?
  • What are you (or your organization) going to do
    about it?
  • We will discuss how not to manage a project as
    lessons learned for future projects.

4
Project Failures
  • US Dept. of Energy projects GAO NAS-NRC
    reviews OECM formed
  • NASA Projects
  • Large Engineering-Construction Projects
  • Commercial projects

5
DOE Projects
  • A few examples from GAO reports
  • Rocky Flats - 100 projects increases (1992)
  • 1980 to 1996 31 of 80 major projects terminated
    prior to completion due to changes in mission,
    management problems, cost overruns, and schedule
    slippages
  • National Ignition Facility management and
    oversight failures caused major overruns (1.2B
    to 2.2B)
  • National Research Council Congressional
    direction - 5 years of reviews of projects -
    major project management improvements due to
    management failures (OECM formed directives)

6
NASA Projects
Effect of Requirements Definition Investment on
Program Costs Werner M. Gruhl, NASA
7
Large Engineering Projects
  • Big transportation projects BART to SFO 590M
    to 1.5B Boston Big Dig 7.7B to 14.6B (Guy
    Span, Bay Crossings)
  • Donghai Bridge, China - 350M to 1.2B (UPI)
  • Shell Russian Oil Project 10B overrun (Money)
  • Westchester County Courthouse 51.5M over 140M
  • Web search on Google Project Cost Overruns
    44,100 hits

8
Commercial Projects
  • IT and application development projects often
    fail to be completed on time and budget 1/3
    exceed by 100 (Gartner research)
  • IT projects goes from 1M to 3M, before being
    cancelled (Suzanne Thornberry)
  • Many articles and consultants offering how to
    manage projects PMI training PMP, etc.

9
Initiation
10
Our project was just approved!
Were happy now, just wait.
11
So how to we get started with our project?
  • ?

12
Dont worry, Ive got it covered!
PM
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Jump in with both feet!
  • Just start out doing the project, we dont need
    to plan ahead or even know what were trying to
    accomplish.
  • Well know we finished when we get there.

14
What hidden dangers?
15
Ok, so now what?
  • Starting with an Un-achievable Goal, an
    Ineffective Organization, or a Project without a
    clear mission?
  • Organization Initiation we dont need to
    bother do we?
  • Project Charters why do we need one of those?
  • Mission why do we want to do this project?
  • Goals set unachievable goals - key
    accomplishments we can never make anyway so dont
    bother to write down now.
  • Who will do it?
  • Authority to accomplish mission goals?
  • Project Organizations volunteers wanted -
    anyone can be the PM!
  • Strong, weak, non-existent PM PMO
  • Project team any one know what theyre doing?
    Why do we need a project controls person, cant
    the PM do it too?
  • I dont need to go to that PM training class, do
    I?
  • Just start the project and dont tell anyone what
    were doing, they dont need to know.
  • Should we quit now?
  • YES

16
Planning
17
Some times the it seems too high to overcome.
18
Dont Plan the Project
  • Dont develop a realistic WBS, project cost
    estimate, or schedule
  • Dont document how you will organize and manage
    the project dont develop project procedures
  • Whats a risk analysis?
  • Dont listen to experienced people or check any
    lessons learned from other projects
  • Many projects fail due to poor estimating and
    resulting cost overruns

19
If its not one hurdle, its another
20
Execution
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Or Suicide?
  • So now youre into the project delivery
    activities, do you know what to do when how?
  • Milestones? Due dates? youve got to be kidding
  • How much help are you getting from corporate
    (or the customer)?
  • Whats risk mitigation?
  • Be sure not to tell anyone how were doing, its
    up to them to find out for themselves.
  • Other major causes of project failures are poor
    monitoring of project activities and poor
    communications

22
Project managers must perform the real balancing
act - cost, schedule, scope!
23
Keep on, youll get there
24
Controlling
25
Project Controls?
  • What do you mean actuals to date? Anyone heard of
    BCWP?
  • You want what? Oh, the status of cost schedule
    against plan. Someone else was supposed to
    provide that the information.
  • No problem providing an ETC!
  • Just take the budget and double it.

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Just give us some more time!
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Closing
28
Dont Document Failures (or Successes)
  • Why should we help out the next PM or project
    team?
  • Let them learn for themselves its more
    meaningful that way
  • Dont provide files for anyone else, if anyone
    wants the info theyll have to see me!
  • What if it is me wanting to start a new project?

29
Summary
  • Planning, then execution its hard to achieve
    the plan if you dont have one.
  • All the donts are dos
  • Use proven PM practices
  • Tailor your PM practices to your specific project
  • Be careful of what you promise
  • Its not difficult but requires attention to the
    details doing it right will lead to success

30
We completed our project on time and budget and
with customer acceptance!
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