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This post deals with the second of the OGC's eight causes of project failure: the lack of effective or clear senior management, ownership or leadership at higher levels within the organisation.
In April 2009 the National Audit Office published a report that declared the failure of the original C-NOMIS and described how the project had demonstrated seven out of the eight primary causes of project failure. C-NOMIS has now been re-scoped and is earmarked for delivery in 2011. However, important questions remain regarding the way in which the project was managed, the length of time for which mis-management of the project was tolerated, and the value-for-money that can be expected from vast government programmes of this kind.
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A Project Manager is the person responsible for the overall success of the project. Having received the Project Mandate (detailing the reason for the project and the expected outcome) from Corporate/Programme Management, it is the Project Manager’s job to...
As a project manager with many years experience under your belt, still you will find many circumstances which challenge your abilities and skills to mange projects successfully. As the projects come in all sizes and shapes, it makes your job all the more challenging and tough. With some of them having no past history the job as a project leader becomes more daunting as the learning and gathering information phase extends. This brings a lot more pressure to perform within the timelines and budget.
It is a fact of life that not every project succeeds. Sometimes the market changes and the product is no longer viable. Sometimes the budget or time constraints are untenable. Sometimes it is simply a case that somebody has made a mistake.
