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05/29/06 Tip of the Week. Project Rescue: Tip 5 - Pause the project.

May 29, 2006 from Mark Perry

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Pausing the project gives you an opportunity to regroup, establish a new plan, and restore integrity to the project baseline. By continuing a failing project, you are likely to burn time and money against the project not knowing where you are truly headed or if you are on the path to completion. Pausing a project does not need to be difficult or scary. To pause the project, you may need someone with enough vision, clout and security to say, “This project is not on the right course.” Some people might think the ship is sinking and want to flee the project, but most will eagerly take advantage of the opportunity to get things back on track.


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