15 Ways to Screw Up an IT Project

Jennifer Lonoff Schiff has a great round up of project management patterns to avoid over on CIO. In brief, the list is:

  1. Having a poor or no statement of work.

  2. Not setting expectations up front.

  3. Not securing management buy-in.

  4. Using the same methodology for all size projects.

  5. Overloading team members.

  6. Waiting or not wanting to share information.

  7. Not having a clearly defined decision-making process.

  8. Not using a project management software system.

  9. Allowing scope creep (or excessive scope creep).

  10. Being afraid to say "no."

  11. Not being a team player.

  12. Poor communication.

  13. Too many, too long status meetings.

  14. Not caring about quality--the "good enough" syndrome.

  15. Not learning from past project management mistakes

But make sure to read the full post for comments and explanations from project managers in the trenches.

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