How I Turned a Failing Project Into a Memorable Success

Описание: A project that was bleeding time, budget, and trust… and everyone quietly assumed it would fail.

In EP03, I’m breaking down exactly how I took over a failing project and turned it into a memorable success — by going back to the basics of the Project Initiation Phase: clarifying the why, tightening the scope, rebuilding stakeholder alignment, and setting real success criteria.

Most “failing projects” don’t fail in execution… they fail because initiation was skipped, rushed, or done on assumptions—no real charter, fuzzy objectives, missing stakeholders, and “we’ll figure it out later” planning. The initiation phase is meant to confirm viability + value, align everyone on the purpose and boundaries, and authorize the project with clear direction.

In this episode, we cover:
The "Red Flags": How to spot a project that is failing before it even starts.
The Hard Reset: Why I went back to the Initiation Stage mid-way through the project.
The "Golden" Project Charter: The 3 things I added to my charter that changed everything.
Stakeholder Realignment: Turning "Difficult" stakeholders into your biggest supporters.
-Risk Identification: The secret to predicting disasters before they happen.

Keywords:
Project initiation phase, project initiation stage, project turnaround, rescue a failing project, project recovery, project charter, business case, stakeholder register, kickoff meeting, project scope, project objectives, project governance, success criteria, project management lessons learned, scope creep, executive sponsor.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introductions
02:10 Project Initiation Stage/Phase
02:36 Project Mandate
03:10 Project Initiation - Activities
04:43 Project Initiation - Plans and Strategies
05:06 Project Initiation - Risk Management Strategy Document
10:30 Project Initiation - Quality Management Strategy Document
14:30 Project Initiation - Configuration Management Strategy
17:56 Project Initiation - Communication Management Strategy
23:02 Project Initiation - Controls Progress Monitoring Processes
29:25 Project Initiation - Business Case
32:10 Project Initiation - Project Planning
35:13 Project Initiation - Project Initiation Documentation - PID
37:25 PID/Charter Sections

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