Comments on: Raising the Dead: Bringing Failed Projects Back to Life http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/ Fri, 25 May 2012 23:59:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Book Review: “97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know” [WebWorkerDaily] | www.onjop.com http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88946 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:40:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88946 [...] I think project management books should be on every web worker’s reading list because — like it or not — even if your job title isn’t “project manager,” you still have to manage your own portion of the projects you participate in. Even some informal grounding in project management can be helpful for those “rare” times you are pulled into help bring a failing project back to life. [...]

]]> By: The Zaq Stavano Blog » Blog Archive » links for 2009-11-02 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88945 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:02:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88945 [...] Raising the Dead: Bringing Failed Projects Back to Life (tags: self resource web business) [...]

]]> By: Book Review: “97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know” http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88944 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88944 [...] November 2nd, 2009 (4:00pm) Will Kelly No CommentsTweet This I think project management books should be on every web worker’s reading list because — like it or not — even if your job title isn’t “project manager,” you still have to manage your own portion of the projects you participate in. Even some informal grounding in project management can be helpful for those “rare” times you are pulled into help bring a failing project back to life. [...]

]]> By: Ralph http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88943 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:54:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88943 Great post! Before I restart a project the first thing I do is find out why the project died in the first place. Then I decide if it is worth starting again. I have to avoid restarting a project “just because”.

]]> By: Project Management Hut http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88942 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:45:06 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88942 That’s a suitable title for the occasion.

3 things I have learned about reviving dead projects:

1- Another Project Manager should revive them.
2- There was a good reason why they were killed in the first place.
3- It’s better not to disturb the dead.

Additionally, I find that going back to dead projects can easily frustrate both the Project Manager and the Project Team, and most revived projects end up being killed, again.

Having said that, I’ve published an article on “avoiding dead projects“, in case you’re stuck in position #1 above.

]]> By: Robert Dempsey http://gigaom.com/collaboration/raising-the-dead-bringing-failed-projects-back-to-life/#comment-88941 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:58:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=21799#comment-88941 We’ve had clients that needed help reviving an web app project. I find that many times people had great ideas but didn’t do the due dilligence up front to see whether or not their solution was a desired one, or they would approach the creation of their solution from their point of view and stick to it. For these folks, we readjust and find out what the current (if any) or potential users want out of the app. Another common issue is thinking that they need every feature in the book to launch. It has now been proven many times that you need to focus on what makes your application unique, and focus on that.

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