15 Ways to Screw Up an IT Project
Jennifer Lonoff Schiff has a great round up of project management patterns to avoid over on CIO. In brief, the list is:
Having a poor or no statement of work.
Not setting expectations up front.
Not securing management buy-in.
Using the same methodology for all size projects.
Overloading team members.
Waiting or not wanting to share information.
Not having a clearly defined decision-making process.
Not using a project management software system.
Allowing scope creep (or excessive scope creep).
Being afraid to say "no."
Not being a team player.
Poor communication.
Too many, too long status meetings.
Not caring about quality--the "good enough" syndrome.
Not learning from past project management mistakes
But make sure to read the full post for comments and explanations from project managers in the trenches.