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7 Reasons Why IT Projects Fail – Part 2

Delcor

Technology projects fail for a number of avoidable reasons. In part 1 of this series, I described four common causes of technology project failure. Why IT Projects Fail Lack of Leadership When projects run into trouble, the project team and stakeholders lose confidence in the project manager and the project’s ultimate success.

Project 96
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7 Reasons Why IT Projects Fail – Part 1

Delcor

On the first night of every Requirements Analysis course I teach at Georgetown University, I ask my students to discuss why technology projects sometimes fail. Over time, we’ve identified seven common causes of project failure. Communication is the most important soft skill required for project management. Talk about ugly!

Project 97
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Three tips to manage key stakeholder expectations for your AMS project

Nimble AMS

How to identify the key stakeholders in your AMS project Before you can prepare for a successful AMS implementation, you’ll need to identify the vital stakeholders in your project. For example, perhaps you’ll choose to send twice-weekly AMS project updates to SMEs, while you’ll choose to send weekly updates to staff leaders.

Project 119
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Leadership Lessons from the Martial Arts

MatrixG

Google for leadership lessons from the martial arts and you’ll get a jillion posts. I recently did a webinar for UST Education on just this topic BUT my leadership lessons are ones I learned from my master, Master Seung Hum Yun at Be Ryong Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA. Do you have projects or initiatives that are stalled?

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Four Key Leadership Traits, According to the CEO Genome Project

Associations Now

A decade’s worth of research went into the CEO Genome Project, an effort to identify the characteristics that define high-performing chief executives. But according to the researchers behind the CEO Genome Project , the key to effective leadership is less about how they’re wired and more about what they do.

Project 75
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Don’t Get Too Comfortable at the Top–AI Puts a Twist on Leadership

.orgSource

leadership is how we christened the skill set we identified for success in digital markets. When we began that project in 2017, we knew business was changing quickly. The leadership qualities we identified hold. Give your leadership skills a twist. Association 4.0 We don’t have to rename our playbook Association 5.0

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Unpacking an Association’s Project Management Bag

Delcor

Project managers head into a new project with that same sense of excitement and caution. And, like backpackers, they only achieve success if everything they need is in their metaphorical association project management backpack. Let’s see what association project managers carry in their backpacks.

Project 82