IT Project Mechanic

Every PM I have met along my journey has had at least one, if not a few, projects that could be modestly described as troubled. In fact, I think this is a pretty standard occurrence in the Project Manager ranks - there are projects that despite our best efforts, quality training and experience, spend a majority of their time classed as Red or Yellow on a status report. Why is this happening? Is it the PM? Surely there must be one bad apple spoiling the bunch, right? Someone has done something wrong - that’s why we’re in this situation… Right?

Sadly, I’m afraid our friends in the Quality world have it right - it’s not the people, it’s the process that normally causes things to go awry.

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