Troubled Projects Turnaround
A Micro-learning Lab by Start to Start
Welcome to the Troubled Projects Turnaround lab
This is not a theoretical course. It is a hands-on, micro-learning lab designed to equip you with the specific tools and strategies necessary to rescue projects in crisis.
Recovering a project that has significantly deviated from its plan requires more than effort; it demands a fundamental shift in management approach. In this workshop, we will systematically apply a scientific framework to stop the variance, diagnose the root causes, and re-engineer the project for delivery.
You will move through a phased approach: from Immediate Containment and Forensic Assessment to Wartime Governance and Delivery Flow Recovery.
At Start to Start, we do not sell classroom hours; we enable successful projects. This workshop is your blueprint for taking control and delivering results.
Troubled Project Recovery Workshop
Introduction To Troubled Project Recovery
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
Introduction To Troubled Project Recovery
- Pragmatic project recovery
- Phased approach to project turnaround
Project Assessment
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
Introduction To Troubled Project Recovery
- Establishing the Recovery Mandate
- Immediate Containment Protocol - The "Stop and Assess" Strategy.
- Implementing a temporary suspension of non-critical activities
- Scope review
- Logs and Baseline Plans Review - Root-Cause Analysis
- Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
- Enabling Change Control Board (CCB)
- Project Organization Restructuring Approach - Moving from Steering Committees to "Cross Functional Teams War Rooms."
- Shifting From Managing Utilization to Managing Throughput
- Reduce Multi-Tasking
- Building Psychological Safety
Delivery Flow Recovery
Strategic Re-Alignment and Solution Design
Wartime Governance & Re-Engineering Control
- Working on key constraints - ToC
- Do more for less
- Common project waste you need to stop
- The inherent problem - removing unnecessary communication nodes
- Recovery planning strategies
- Reengineering stakeholders expectations, the re-baselining negotiations
- Scope Recovery and the "Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)" approach
Strategic Re-Alignment and Solution Design
Strategic Re-Alignment and Solution Design
Strategic Re-Alignment and Solution Design
- Technical Debt Retirement
- Refactoring
- Prioritization and Scope Rationalization
- Immediate Quality Standards Definition
- DoD - Definition of Done
- DoR - Definition of Ready
- PGR - Phase Gate Reviews