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Six Sigma Overview

The document outlines common reasons for project failures, including unclear scope, poor stakeholder engagement, and inadequate risk management. It also provides mitigation strategies for each issue, emphasizing the importance of clear communication, team involvement, and effective monitoring. By addressing these factors, project leaders can improve the likelihood of project success.

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Six Sigma Overview

The document outlines common reasons for project failures, including unclear scope, poor stakeholder engagement, and inadequate risk management. It also provides mitigation strategies for each issue, emphasizing the importance of clear communication, team involvement, and effective monitoring. By addressing these factors, project leaders can improve the likelihood of project success.

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Why Projects Fail:

1. Unclear Scope
2. Poor Customer / End User Involvement
3. Low stakeholder Engagement and Support
4. Poor Scheduling
5. Lack of Team in put and buy in
6. Poorly planned costs
7. Lack of team accoutablity
8. Poor Risk Management
9. Poor Communication
10. Lack of Monitoring and Controlling

Why projects fail and some mitigation actions to take:


1. Unclear Scope – Be clear on what you are delivering, what is in scope and what is out of
scope to eliminate misunderstandings and schedule/cost overuns
2. Poor Customer / End User Involvement – Project Leader must bring the team to gether
to working toward a shared goal, build cohesion and shared vision
3. Low stakeholder Engagement and Support – Exectuitve and management stakeholders
help remove roadblaocks, ensure resources are available and provide support for user
adoption and change
4. Poor Scheduling – break tasks out clearly with identified dependecies. Get esimates and
duration from those doing the work Identify dependecies with other groups.
5. Lack of Team input and buy in - Get team input throughout planning and execution to
ensure bothe more thorough information and team ownership and buy in
6. Poorly planned costs – Create a complete project budget. Work with your team and
stakeholders to ID all project costs
7. Lack of team accoutablity – Ensure everyone is aware of ther responsibilites and all
team members feel ownership for their tasks
8. Poor Risk Management – Work with the team to identify potential risks and how you’ll
handle each. Address unexpected risks immediately. Escalate when necessary.
9. Poor Communication – Manage customer expectations. Communicate across project
teams and keep everyone aware of potential impacts and changes
10. Lack of Monitoring and Controlling – You cant control what you don’t monitor. Make
sure schedules and budgets don’t slip Remove roadblocks and provide guidance to
team.

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