PM World Today published an article by James Brown about the obsession some companies have with speed. On the one hand, he approves of this attitude, saying, “Your organization should be obsessed with speed. Speed is necessary for success in today’s market.” Yet he also tempers this by noting that organizations also need to have insight, planning and a ‘braking system’ so that projects do not get out of control. He writes:

  • Does your organization have processes in place to detect when projects are out of control?
  • Does your organization terminate projects gone bad before they become a money pit or embarrassment?
  • Does your leadership or customer(s) get advanced notice of the problems that exist in projects before there are only one or two options left to resolve them?
  • Are you more in control of the circumstances than the circumstances are in control of you?

To read more, you can download the entire PDF at PM World Today.