Posts Tagged ‘Project Failure’
Communication and the Failure of the First Skyscraper Project
Long before steel beams and concrete pilings, humanity attempted its first recorded megaproject: a tower designed to reach the heavens. Genesis 11 tells us the builders had everything a modern project director would envy – unlimited manpower, a unified workforce, abundant materials, and total organizational alignment. “The whole earth had one language,” the text says,…
Read MoreA $10.8 Million Mistake: What the Montreal Overpass Fiasco Teaches About Project Management
In Montreal, Canada, a perfectly functional overpass was demolished just one year after it opened to the public. The Highway 15 overpass, built at a cost of USD $10.8 million, was torn down because it didn’t align with the redesigned access routes to the nearby Champlain Bridge – a bridge that was, at the time…
Read MoreWhen a “Simple” Project Becomes a Career-Defining Failure
In project management, complexity is often misunderstood. Many teams assume that only large, technically advanced, or multi-billion-dollar initiatives demand rigorous planning. Smaller projects are frequently treated as straightforward exercises that can be managed with intuition, experience, and a few informal conversations. That assumption is dangerous. I learned this lesson in a powerful way on one…
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