• No PM champion . Not having strong leadership or a 'champion' of PM principles in the organization was seen as an impediment.
• Leadership and the organizational culture. The
concern was raised that senior management cannot fixate just on the bottom line, there is a need to attend to process (e.g. planning) and people aspects too.
• Inadequate investment in training. Organizational
short-sightedness was seen as one impediment to investing funds in training for the longer-term payoff. The costs of training and time away from the job for training courses were seen as barriers.
• Resistance to change. Staff resistance to learning
and using PM tools meant that some managers and staff are not prepared to change nor do they see a need to change.
• Individual versus team compensation. It was noted
that compensation systems typically rewarded individual contributors rather than the team for team performance; thus, individuals are reluctant to share information and PM tools with others.
• Time pressures and constraints. Everyone is already
busy and improvements would require allocating even more time and energy into work at the expense of personal and family time.