Why do some projects reach their goals while others - with similar budgets and similar teams - collapse before they get there? The causes range from internal missteps in how the project is run to external forces tied to the economic climate of the place where it operates, and they rarely act alone; usually it's a combination of factors working together that pushes a project out of the race.

Is there a way to avoid that outcome? The starting point is a full understanding of what causes projects to fail, and then working deliberately to prevent it - which is exactly the approach behind modern project management. Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course to walk participants through every cause of project failure and how to avoid it, while also examining the role modern technology plays in project management, backed by practical analysis of both successful and failed projects.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of private and government companies.
• Project managers and assistant project managers.
• Anyone looking to develop their project management skills.
• Members of project management offices.
• Executive managers.
• Entrepreneurs.

How Participants Will Benefit:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Plan a project while anticipating the risks most likely to cause it to fail.
• Distinguish between the internal and external causes of project failure and how to avoid them.
• Analyze real examples of successful and failed projects to draw out the underlying causes.
• Use modern technology to manage projects successfully.

Module 1: Understanding Project Success and Failure

• The concept of a project and what project management really means.
• Defining success in project management.
• Defining failure in project management.

Module 2: Internal Causes of Project Failure

• Inability to anticipate and manage risk.
• Conflicting roles and tasks within the team, and weak capability among managers or team members.
• A product the market doesn't need, or a saturated market.
• Missing timelines, weak team communication, weak planning and monitoring, weak governance, marketing failure, and lack of task delegation.

Module 3: External Causes and How to Avoid Failure

• External causes: the economic climate, sudden crises, and government legislation.
• Technical, investment and marketing feasibility studies as a first line of defense.
• Setting a clear vision and goals for the team, and criteria for selecting and training its members.
• Managing communication effectively, defining tasks and timelines precisely, and building monitoring and governance mechanisms.
• The role of contract management in organizing work, and the skill of forecasting and managing risk.

Module 4: Learning from Real Projects

• Using modern technology in project management.
• Case studies of successful projects from major companies, and the reasons behind their success.
• Case studies of failed projects, and analysis of why they failed.