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Project management
Reasons why projects succeed:
Project sponsorship at executive level
Good PID and business case
Strong project management
The right mix of team players
Good decision making structure
Good communication
Team members are working toward common goals.
Reasons for project failure:
Failure to align the project with organisational objectives
Poor scope
Unrealistic expectations
Lack of executive sponsorship
Lack of true project management
Inability to move beyond individual conflicts
Internal politics.
The barriers to project management success are:
Project complexity
Customer’s special requirements and scope changes
Organisational structural and systemic resistance
Project risks
Changes in technology.
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