01 Diffi culty of Defi ning Work in Suffi cient Detail
02 Little Involvement of Project Personnel During
Planning
03 Problems with Organizing and Building Project Team
04 No Firm Agreement to Project Plan by Functional
Management
05 No Clear Charter for Key Project Personnel
06 Insuffi ciently Defi ned Project Team Organization
07 No Clear Role/Responsibility Defi nition for Project
Personnel
08 Rush into Project Kick-off
09 Project Perceived as Not Important or Exciting
10 No Contingency Provisions
11 Inability to Measure True Project Performance
12 Poor Communications with Upper Management
13 Poor Communications with Customer or Sponsor
14 Poor Understanding of Organizational Interfaces
15 Diffi culty in Working across Functional Lines
16 No Ties between Project Performance and Reward
System
17 Poor Project Leadership
18 Weak Assistance and Help from Upper
Management
19 Project Leader Not Involved with Team
20 Ignorance of Early Warning Signals and Feedback
21 Poor Ability to Manage Confl ict
22 Credibility Problems with Task Leaders
23 Diffi culties in Assessing Risks
24 Insensitivity to Organizational Culture/Value System
25 Insuffi cient Formal Procedural Project Guidelines
26 Apathy or Indifference by Project Team or
Management
27 No Mutual Trust among Team Members
28 Too Much Unresolved/Dysfunctional Confl ict
29 Power Struggles
30 Too Much Reliance on Established Cost Accounting
System