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Seven Pitfalls Every Project Must Avoid
The document outlines seven common pitfalls to avoid in project management: choosing the wrong project manager, lack of clear objectives, inadequate funding or scheduling, cutting corners, ineffective communication, misunderstanding external issues, and failing to hire appropriate resources. It emphasizes the importance of assembling a capable project team, establishing clear goals, ensuring proper funding, maintaining quality standards, engaging stakeholders, understanding legal constraints, and hiring experts. The document concludes by encouraging organizations to recognize these pitfalls to achieve project success.
Seven Pitfalls Every Project Must Avoid
- 1. The 7 PitfallsEvery Project Must Avoid
- 2. Process Engineering Simplified Whatare the 7 most common project pitfalls? 1. Choosing the wrong project manager 2. No clear project objective or justification 3. Not properly funded and/or unrealistic schedule 4. Cutting corners or compromising requirements 5. Not effectively communicating with organization 6. Not understanding external issues or limitations 7. Not hiring the right resources to support the project Next Steps….
- 3. Process Engineering Simplified #1:Did you choose an unfit project manager? – Just picking who is available – Not a team leader – Lacks experience or skills – No desire or ambition – No capacity – Support system – Rounding up the usual suspects
- 4. Process Engineering Simplified #1:Building the Project Team – Company management / leadership must put team in place – Each successful project team has at least one member with the following tendencies: – Visionary à Corporate Leader – Achiever à Project Manager – Facilitator à Team Members – Analyzer à Clerk, Admin, CFO
- 5. Process Engineering Simplified #2:Unclear Objective – Issues: – Not understanding project purpose and basis – Lack of sufficient definition – Incomplete Process Flow – Incorrect justification – Not anticipating changes – Solutions: – Get everyone on the same page – project kick-off meeting – Define the “what, why, where, when” – Complete a project questionnaire – Identify possible hurdles
- 6. Process Engineering Simplified #3: Inadequate Fundingor Schedule – Too narrow of focus – Backing budget to justification – Ignore inverse relationship of: scope, budget, schedule – Implementation schedule – Shut-down hours – Spare parts / consumables – Start up expenses
- 7. Process Engineering Simplified #4:Cutting Corners – Compromising scope due to budget or schedule constraints – No standards / specifications – Materials of construction – Safety and quality – Not perusing technology – Not perusing alternatives
- 8. Process Engineering Simplified #5:Lack of Communication with Stakeholders – Stakeholder review meetings – Periodic reports – Avoid email overload – Signoffs (ECO) – Presentations – Process – Technical – Financial – Open Discussion
- 9. Process Engineering Simplified #6: Misunderstandingof Laws & Limitations – Identification of site conditions / utilities – Testing and measurements – Product testing – ”Material Matters” – Legal – Ordinances, permits – Risk analysis – Constructability review
- 10. Process Engineering Simplified #7:Not Hiring SPEC – No Front End Planning – Project Defining Documents – Not Considering Industry Experts – The “Tischendorf” review – Too much reliance on vendors – “The Devil We Know” trap – Not getting 3rd party test data – Project risk evaluation / study If you didn’t hire SPEC, there would be:
- 11. Process Engineering Simplified Achieve Project Successwith SPEC – Recognize the common project pitfalls – Leverage “Best Practice” setup and configuration – Integrate with your existing systems and business processes
- 12. Process Engineering Simplified NextSteps Let us be your link from Process to Productivity www.spec.engineering info@specengsys.com 815-676-5006