Weekly Roundup: From Assumptions to Outcomes
Reflecting on What this Week Taught Us About Navigating Failure
Projects rarely fail at the finish line. More often than not, the pitfalls that lead to potential failure reside in expired assumptions, information overload, and when ambition outpaces capability.
That’s been our focus this week: not blaming execution, but understanding where failure really begins and how the PMO can help leaders steer around (or if necessary through) it.
This Week’s Highlights
🎙️ Project Management Matters Ep. 6: Elizabeth Harrin shared her Project Management journey and explained how our career have seasons that don't necessarily follow the same path. ▶️ Watch here
📰 From Decision to Delivery, and Every Failure in Between Failure doesn’t wait until execution. It sneaks in at every stage of the decision-to-delivery lifecycle. Here’s how PMOs can guard the chain. 📖 Read here
🎥 CtrlAltPMO Ep. 25: Incomplete Information → Bad Plans → Poor Outcomes When executives push for answers before the project has a foundation, poor plans are baked in from the start. ▶️ Watch here
📰 Can the PMO Read the Maps of Uncertainty? Expired assumptions, information overload, and capability gaps. How PMOs can navigate leaders through these hidden cracks. 📖 Read here
🎥 CtrlAltPMO Ep. 26: Should You Always Share What You Know? Is information power or is hoarding it dangerous? When to hold back and when to share. ▶️ Watch here
3 Signals From the Week
Failure often begins upstream, long before execution.
PMOs add value by supporting the organization and its leaders in navigating uncertainty.
Resilient organizations absorb small failures to unlock bigger wins.
What do you think? Where do you see failure creep in most often: assumptions, information, or capability?
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