Even with sound project teams and plans in place the organization's project success rate may not be as high as it could be. Examine these big-picture factors to see if your organization's culture or structure is interfering.
The differences in project management success rates may be a result of the fact that some organizations do a better job of training their project managers. So they may be more skilled and knowledgeable in the project management discipline. But the way the organization deals with training is just one aspect of your overall organizational culture. A number of big-picture factors influence the ability to deliver projects successfully. Let's look at two of them: culture and structure.
Culture has a huge effect on your success rate. The organization’s culture has a lot to do with the success rate of your projects. Keep in mind that I'm talking about projects all throughout the organization, not just about one particular project. The term culture generally means, “How we do things around here.” Imagine that someone asks how successfully the organization delivers projects. If the manager says, “We’re pretty poor at delivering projects,” he/she is voicing a perception of one aspect of the culture. Culture comes into play on projects in a number of areas.
Many organizations have good processes in place and people generally follow them. This is perhaps the biggest single factor in overall project success. If the organization follows a good, scalable project management process, the organization is more likely to be consistently successful on the projects. The entire project team generally knows how to create and follow a work plan, and can use standard processes to effectively handle risk, scope change, and issues.
Many organizations have processes in place, but no one follows them. This highlights a problem with management governance. In.........
