Paradox of project planning
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This page will be focusing on "[https://www.teodesk.com/blog/the-cobbs-paradox-do-we-really-know-how-to-prevent-project-failure/ Cobb's paradox]" which is the following statement: | This page will be focusing on "[https://www.teodesk.com/blog/the-cobbs-paradox-do-we-really-know-how-to-prevent-project-failure/ Cobb's paradox]" which is the following statement: | ||
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| + | '''"We know why projects fail; we know how to prevent their failure – so why do they still fail?"''' | ||
| + | This paradox aims at two different questions, where the first one is how do projects fail? The second questions is why practitioners of project management fail to use the knowledge of why projects fail?. Projects fail because of a multitude of reasons such as overambition, not adapting to the new situation, unexpected events occuring, etc. | ||
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| + | == WIP - Do's & Dont's / identified counters / Bias and risk management == | ||
| + | Agility & flexibility | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| + | [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradox Definition of Paradox] | ||
| − | Morten Wied, | + | Lynda Bourne and Derek H.T.Walker [https://mosaicprojects.com.au/PDF_Papers/P038_Paradox_of_Project.pdf Paradox of project control] |
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| − | + | Morten Wied, "[https://findit.dtu.dk/en/catalog/6037d7a4d9001d013e5ed88d Wrong, but not failed? Resilience and brittleness in complex engineering projects]" | |
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| + | Barry L. Linetsky, [https://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/the-project-management-paradox-achieving-more-by-doing-less/ Ivey Bussiness Journal] | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 13 February 2022
This page will be focusing on "Cobb's paradox" which is the following statement:
"We know why projects fail; we know how to prevent their failure – so why do they still fail?"
This paradox aims at two different questions, where the first one is how do projects fail? The second questions is why practitioners of project management fail to use the knowledge of why projects fail?. Projects fail because of a multitude of reasons such as overambition, not adapting to the new situation, unexpected events occuring, etc.
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WIP - Do's & Dont's / identified counters / Bias and risk management
Agility & flexibility
References
Lynda Bourne and Derek H.T.Walker Paradox of project control
Morten Wied, "Wrong, but not failed? Resilience and brittleness in complex engineering projects"
Barry L. Linetsky, Ivey Bussiness Journal
