4 Lessons from an Overly Committed Project Manager

Have you ever found yourself so personally and professionally invested in a failing project that you were not willing to read the writing on the wall? 

It’s so hard to let go of a project that has taken so much of your time and energy and to which you were totally committed. But things change. There are times when it is less costly to let go and move in another direction. 

It is sometimes difficult to cut off a project midstream. And yet it is important to realistically assess whether to continue or to recognize that the project value has been lost. Here are four tips:

1. Create Upfront Guidelines: It is best if you can create guidelines for when to fish or cut bait at the beginning as you design the project.
2. Ask the Tough Questions: If that’s not been done, you need to ask difficult questions and be truthful in your answers. Is there a financial upside? Can our competitors do it better? Is there still a market need? 
3. Get Objective Insights:  If you’re having trouble facing the truth, involve some objective outsiders.
4. Run a Project Post Mortem:  And finally, if you decide to call it quits, you, your team and your company will benefit from a project post mortem to identify what you learned along the way that can be applied to the next project that comes along.

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