CHAPTER 18

Are You Learning from Project to Project?

If you are among the 95+ percent of us who fail this simple test—but shouldn’t—you could be in a position of weakness, to the detriment of your current and upcoming projects.

This test consists of only two questions. Answer yes or no for each question and see how you do:

Question 1: As a project manager, do you always insist on (or is it required of you) performing a post-project review when your project or a major phase of a lengthy project of yours has completed?

Question 2: As a project manager of a new project, do you insist on (or is it required of you) going before a small review board to demonstrate that the lessons learned from post-project reviews will be applied to your new project? ...

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