Distressed Projects: Prevention and Intervention Strategies

by Robert K. Wysocki

Whenever the performance of a project falls outside nominal values, it will be judged to be a project in distress and likely to fail. In this Executive Report by Dr. Robert K. Wysocki, we focus on prevention strategies -- including requirements gathering, work breakdown structure, risk management, scope change management, and performance monitoring -- before detailing a four-step process for intervention.

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Distressed Projects: Prevention and Intervention Strategies1 August 2006

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