Failure-Proof Projects

We all want failure-proof projects. As a project leader, how can you make sure they happen?

Projects that fail can be divided into in three types:

Projects that have impossible deliverables. (Example: Design an antigravity device.)
Projects that have unrealistic constraints. (Example: Build a four-bedroom house in three days using only two carpenters.)
Projects that are insufficiently understood and planned.

As a successful project leader, you can avoid these situations by managing risk. For truly impossible projects, adequate planning and feasibility analysis makes possible early cancellation or timely scope shifts. Failure-proofing the other project types depends on project planning data that makes the project needs visible and supports negotiation of credible constraints. The result is efficient and successful projects.

Here are some tools for building your skills and improving your project success rate:

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