Is it worth saving your project?

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The author spent the first part of her career working in IT and IT Project Management in the oil industry and investment banking on complex global projects involving the management of outsourced project teams. She now runs a digital marketing company with particular expertise in technical SEO and Content Marketing.

Throughout the project management world, you will frequently hear the term “project recovery”. The experts at Parallel Project Training, know this is bound to be required at some point in your career as a project manager, so it is a good idea to understand exactly what it means. They’ve provided some insight into this concept, which we hope will help those facing problems and deciding whether it is worth saving your project.

What do we mean by project recovery?

Project recovery is everything that comes into play when you are trying to keep a struggling project from failing. It can be as simple as finding ways to deal effectively with the issues that have resulted in your project not remaining on track. Sometimes dealing with the problems in your problem project is not enough, and you might need to end it as part of the process of project recovery. In other words, project recovery is everything that ultimately brings you to the point where you need to make a decision on whether a project is worth saving and the tasks that you must complete in order to achieve this.

How do you decide when a project can be saved?

Those who have undertaken training courses for project managers usually believe a project can be saved. This makes sense as most project managers like a good challenge and are determined enough to try and see it through. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the right decision. The further you get into any project, the more it is likely to have changed from the original idea. There are likely to have been changes in the business priorities and goals, budgets and even other resources. These all contribute to a high level of project failures.

All of the information that was gathered at the beginning of the project must be re-evaluated in order for meaningful discussion about the project’s destiny to take place. The current state of the project should be weighed up against the start of the project with a view to how things can be moved forward. In some instances, it is possible to recover the project through adaptations to the requirements however, the only viable option is often to close the project and not complete it. No matter what decision is made, there will be costs incurred however, it is important to make the best decision for the project, and one that will ensure that you don’t lose more money than is necessary. When your project has gone bad, throwing more resources and money at is the worst decision a project manager can make.

How can you recover a project?

When there is a possibility your project can be salvaged, then you need to consider how this will happen. Much of this will depend on the nature of the project, and they should be considered on an individual basis. It also depends on the company that you work for, the amount of support a project may have, the industry you are in and even the current condition of the market.

Effective management of everything that is wrong is at the heart of project recovery. A new plan, troubleshooting and improved collaboration within the team are needed if you have any chance of saving your project. Everyone must be committed to making a success of the project, and every member of the team should be clear in what their responsibilities within their role are. The project manager is responsible for gathering the team together both at the beginning of a project and also if they want to recover a project that is failing.

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Project management has developed into a fully-fledged chartered profession since the granting of the Royal Charter in the UK to The Association for Project Management (APM) in 2017. Training courses for project managers were already available and highly popular to help people gain professional project management accreditation, but with this wider recognition of the profession it is now seen as a desirable career path for many. Whilst the APM has the coveted Royal Charter and continues to develop its APM PMQ (formerly the APMP) programmes, there are also other internationally recognised qualifications that continue to be highly regarded such as PMP and PRINCE2.

Organisations have become increasingly project-focused in this era of rapidly emerging new technologies and they value the expertise that comes with experienced and fully qualified project teams and managers. By investing in their project management capability businesses can be confident of delivering their new projects in time and on budget more often and more successfully. Many major corporation are now training their people to have the right project management qualifications as well as relevant experience, through internal Learning & Development (L&D) programmes; or by using external project management training providers.

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