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	When Projects Attack!

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9-2-2009 9:32 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b3e16548-bc33-445c-9826-1f15108b3d7b/78388138-E979-4245-B2D3-E08CE17A1847/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/" href="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.qtask.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD colspan="2"><DIV id="post-198" class="post-198 post hentry category-collaboration category-projectmanagement category-taskmanagement tag-collaboration tag-project-management tag-web-based-task-management-tools">
		 <H3 class="main-grey-header"><A class="main-grey-header" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/">When Projects Attack!</A></H3></DIV></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.qtask.com/img/48B8A215-9E95-41E6-B1FB-507C60F29ED1" alt="Qtask team" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/"><P>To err is human; it’s also <A target="_blank" href="http://www.specialtyansweringservice.net/articles/sales-management/Seven-Deadly-Sales-Mistakes-That-Cost-Business-Owners-Big-Money-And-What-To-Do-About-Them_37644/">incredibly expensive</A>. Especially so, if you’ve a large project with tens, hundreds or even thousands of collaborators, where the simplest little mistake can destroy all that hard work and more. Even without the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/11/wastingtime.TMP">invested time</A> and capital, in this online age a single misstep can <A target="_blank" href="http://www.aboutpublicrelations.net/ucmccuskera.htm">brand you as a bumbler for years</A>. Here we look at some famous foul-ups, where big projects went spectacularly out of control – and how proper project management could have avoided it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/"><P>In an incident which still gives managers nightmares, the actions of a single man<A target="_blank" href="http://www.riskglossary.com/link/barings_debacle.htm">brought down Barings Bank</A>. This was a bank which had endured for two centuries, budgeted the Napoleonic Wars, and had more history than three museums put together: destroyed by the actions of one employee in a remote office. It’s the ultimate example of poor communication causing catastrophe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.qtask.com/public/blog/2009/06/17/when-projects-attack/"><P>You don’t make as much as they did – but you’re still here, so you’re one step ahead. Stay that way.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/78388138-E979-4245-B2D3-E08CE17A1847/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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