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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 29 October 2013
Incorporating environmentalism into project management
By Snoey, Andrew As the world gets more industrialized and crowded, project managers will need to account for the environmental aspects of their initiatives. This increased awareness will force the project manager…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 12 May 2010
How to be a successful failure
By Hillson, David Because of the numerous risks involved in operating in today's hypercompetitive global marketplace, many organizations will not tolerate failure. But such a perspective also prevents growth and…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 2007
Project failure
By Scanlan, Jim When developing large projects, especially those for uncertain and complex new products such as software, project managers must outline a project plan that shows the activities the team must perform…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability, Information Technology 2007
Titanic lessons for IT projects
By Kozak-Holland, Mark The sinking of the luxury cruise ship R.M.S. Titanic is a exemplar example of a project that over-promised and--tragically--under-delivered. As with all failures, especially as with those having the…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 2007
Seven causes of project failure
By Discenza, Richard | Forman, James B. Each year, organizations around the world expend much of their resources in implementing projects that ultimately fail for reasons complex and oftentimes, for reasons simple. This paper examines how…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 2007
PMRS
By Anyosa Soca, Víctor | Rojas, Jorge For any project manager trying to turn a failing project around, a recovery effort may seem like an almost impossible task. And one obstacle which often hinders project recovery efforts is the human…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 2007
Emergency response for troubled projects--a five-dose prescription
By Ward, J. LeRoy Projects fail for an infinite number of reasons and in an infinite number of ways. Knowing how to turn a failing project around once it begins to deviate from its planned course, however, requires a…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability, Information Technology 2007
Out of the woodwork--the continuing challenges of bringing control to a troubled project
By Goodman, Elizabeth | Henry, Patricia Responding too late to a troubled project can not only cause project failure but also drive up project cost, which could result--in the worst case scenario--in an organization's financial ruin. This…
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Conference Paper Risk Management, Sustainability 25 May 2003
Industry specific risk management (managing ecommerce initiatives in traditional enterprises)
By Ramaswamy, Vijay | Murphy, Gerard With the collapse of the "dot com" economy, many of the start-up organizations have folded, the primary reason being lack of sustainable business. Large enterprises have also been affected by the…
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