Projects get into trouble – it’s just a fact of life and something we’ve all dealt with. Some are easy to fix, some take some demanding re-focusing of efforts to save, and others just can’t be saved…period. But never, never do we just throw up our arms and say, “It’s too far gone!” without at least a concerted effort to revive a failing project. Throwing in the towel is a hard thing to do – at least for me. Therefore, I like to consider all possible – and reasonable – ways of fixing, working around, pushing out, or skipping over those apparent showstoppers on projects when they come up. It’s only happened to me a few times…it’s painful…but it’s not the end of the world. And in all but one case, a variation (or combination) of strategies listed below helped get me and my team through the mess.
Stay the course. This often isn’t an option, but the first course I like to take is to gather the team and the customer together and see if we can get through the issue or issues without affecting the current schedule. Sometimes just focusing on what got us into trouble in the first place and improving performance in that specific area can resolve the issue and get the project back on track. If not, move on to more strategies.
Stay the course. This often isn’t an option, but the first course I like to take is to gather the team and the customer together and see if we can get through the issue or issues without affecting the current schedule. Sometimes just focusing on what got us into trouble in the first place and improving performance in that specific area can resolve the issue and get the project back on track. If not, move on to more strategies.
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