I know, I know: There are so many
problems, especially the unpredictable ones, that it seems a worthless exercise
to try isolating the single worst. Those devilish items take turns being the
worst, often with head-spinning rapidity.
The specifics can include, but most
definitely are not limited to:
Insufficient time
Scope creep
Fuzzy expectations
. . .
often unexpressed and/or unknown to those who have them
Abrupt changes in
organizational priorities
Lack of assured project
resources
Team members who won’t
make commitments
. . . or
won’t keep the commitments they’ve made
Managers who block or
limit team members’ participation
Lack of insights from
project end users
