Weinberg on Saving Projects [CIO.com]

Esther Schindler of CIO Magazine recently interviewed Jerry
Weinberg about IT project success and how to revive and
shepherd failing projects:

"CIO.com: . . . What advice do you have for
managers to help them know when to [stop a project] . . .
and when to realize that the project is do-able but not being
handled correctly?

"[Jerry:] The essential ingredient for dealing with all these
problems is a system of technical and management reviews.
The technical reviews determine whether the project is
being done right, while the management reviews determine
if it's the right project. The reviewers must be people
whose judgment is trusted by upper management, and
management must believe their judgments -- no matter how
painful they might turn out to be.

"Both types of review must take place for every project, at
pre-scheduled times and/or milestones, and must not be
postponed because a project says it 'isn't ready.' They're
not a way of punishing projects that management thinks
might be in trouble, but are performed for every project on
the same basis -- which helps prevent hidden problems from
growing out of control."

Read the full interview on CIO.com:
http://www.cio.com/article/184000/The_Unfulfilled_Project_An_Interview_with_
Jerry_Weinberg

Read more about Jerry's Dorset House titles:
http://www.dorsethouse.com/authors/weinberg_gerald.html