64% of projects are successful
17% of organizations have a high maturity level of project management
13.5% of every dollar is at risk in a project
These are sobering figures from the Project Management Institutes annual research.
The solution is a focus on:
1 Talent Management
2 Strategic alignments
3 Standardized project management
(See Figure 1)
A focus on these issues creates what PMI calls ‘High Performers’.
Quality Management and the National Housing Quality Award provide a structure to assist in implementing and sustaining these drivers of high performing project management.
About the Author
Denis Leonard
Denis Leonard has a degree in construction engineering, and an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in quality management. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality and has been an Examiner for the Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, a Judge on the International Team Excellence Competition, and a Lead Judge on the National Housing Quality Award. He has experience as a quality manager in the home building industry as well as construction engineer, site manager, and in training, auditing, and consulting with expertise in strategic and operational quality improvement initiatives. His work has achieved national quality, environmental, and safety management awards for clients.