Avoiding a Project Death March

A death march is when project staff members believe the project is destined for failure, or that it requires a stretch of unsustainable effort to achieve any success.

Death marches are not necessary to get work done. With some data and a couple of easy negotiation skills, a project can avoid a death march and still keep management and stakeholders happy.

The video covers:

• The common causes of death marches
• How to develop data and options used in negotiation
• A negotiation approach to manage customers and managers
• How to manage project scope change

Watch the introduction video by selecting the video to the right of the cover image (shown by two small circles next to each other).