Past initiatives at my company have failed because…
There was no clear vision of what the end state would achieve for the organization.30%
The initiative lacked context for employees on what it meant for their day-to-day tasks.44%
Employees were unwilling or unable to change to support the initiative.39%
Employees did not get the support they needed for as long as they needed to adapt.34%
There was no governance in place to drive the desired outcomes.24%
Employees were overloaded with the amount of change on top of daily work.38%
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Often projects will fail because of a lack of planning. At the start of the project, in order to achieve alignment across stakeholders on the different parameters of the project, it can be helpful to nail down these 5 questions in collaboration with the project sponsor and key project stakeholders:
1. What does success look like? Who is measuring the success and how is it being measured?
2. What is the due date and what is driving that due date?
3. What is the scope? What is the problem we are aiming to solve or opportunity we are seeking to take advantage of?
4. What is the budget for the project and what is the value we are seeking to deliver to the organization with that budget?
5. What could go wrong and how are we mitigating those risks?
(Source: PM Happy Hour Podcast).
These key questions can bring complete clarity around the project, the objectives, the expected result, and any key risks and can help the project get off on the right foot. It's important to clearly identify and clarify the problem; otherwise, you might design a good project, but to solve the wrong problem.