5 Reasons for Project Management Failure

Adapted from PM Network, October 2006

1. Organizations lack the resources, know-how and commitment to manage culture change.
2. Executives says they want good project management methologies, but their actions don't back up their words.
3. The methodology isn't scaled appropriately to the size of the project -- making project management seem cumbersome and unfocused.
4. Organizations fail to plan up front.
5. Senior managers think project management is a software tool.
   

It's take courage to initiate change. Managers need to be willing to take risks if they want projects to run better. SCRUM provides a framework for addressing these failures.