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Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle How to Manage the People Side of Projects_3

Tham khảo tài liệu 'succeeding in the project management jungle how to manage the people side of projects_3', kinh doanh - tiếp thị, quản trị kinh doanh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 46 MASTERINGTHE EXPECTATIONS OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS Management s expectations In addition to the R.101 s stated goals as kind of a bus in the sky the Air Ministry was also determined that the R.101 would be a test bed for breakthrough ideas. This merging of two such disparate and distinct top-level design goals should be chilling to you as a project manager. To meet the test bed goal no strengthening wires were used in the framework. As a result the designers had to make the girders heavier to ensure strength making the R.101 a wallowing pig in the sky when it finally flew. In lifting trials it could hoist only thirty-five tons instead of the original goal of sixty tons. The seventeen tons of diesel engines which had originally been designed for locomotives were directed by Parliament senior management indeed . As it approached initial launch the R.101 was leaking so much hydrogen 22 000 cubic feet per day that it had to be lengthened to create more lift. In an effort to meet schedule expectations only about one-half of the planned testing occurred and testing was often undertaken only on days with no wind a clear violation of the test plan. These and other concerns caused an inspector to deny the flight permit. But the Secretary of State for Air Lord Christopher Birdwood Thomson a well-connected and charismatic leader drove the project to conclusion. Safe as a house he told the press except for the millionth chance. Team expectations According to author Isabelle Royer in the essay Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill in the Harvard Business Review on Managing Projects Harvard Business School Press 2005 Projects often become self-selected cheerleading squads of true believers who can become blind to problems that emerge. This was certainly true for the R.101. For example true believer Richmond and his wife moved to a cottage close by so that he could work extra hours. Also the team was in competition with another team which was building something called the R.100 .