Project complexity is a factor of scope, budget and resource. Failure to properly balance these significantly increases the chance of failure...
At the Beginning |
During the Project |
At the End |
•Overly ambitious goals / targets |
•Unrealistic deadlines / milestones |
•Failure to learn and improve from experience |
•Bad idea |
•Failure to follow project principles e.g. cut budget but no change to scope |
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•Unfeasible objectives |
•Failure to measure changes in complexity and associated risk |
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•Underestimation of complexity |
•Failure to review and challenge assumptions |
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