Practical thinking on project delivery, failure detection, and the intelligence that keeps projects on track.
Most projects do not fail suddenly. They fail slowly, over weeks or months, while the reported status stays green. The signals are always there — here is what they look like.
There is a meaningful difference between tracking tools and intelligence tools. Most organisations are using the former when they need the latter.
UK organisations spend billions on projects that fail. The tools exist. The methodologies exist. So why do failure rates persist?
The most expensive project problems are almost never surprises. Here is a practical framework for detecting failure signals before they become crises.