project failure
Initiative that collapsed
Project failure is when an undertaking doesn't achieve its intended goals—whether due to budget overruns, missed deadlines, poor planning, or simply producing something nobody wants.
The term appears frequently in business and software development: The launch was a spectacular project failure.
Failure can be partial or complete; some projects fail to deliver on promises while still producing something usable.
We conducted a postmortem on the project failure to understand what went wrong.
- collapseSudden structural failure
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- budgetPlan for spending
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
- sunk costUnrecoverable past outlay
mismanagement · blame · scapegoat · postmortem · lessons learned · disaster · train wreck · fiasco · debacle · abandoned · scrapped · pulling the plug · sunk · derailed · oversight · scope creep · cost overrun · incompetence
project failuresuccess
Favorable outcome attained
on-time delivery · flawless execution · triumph · achievement · accomplishment
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