
512 ◾ The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence
Table 10.8 Pillar X: Force Field Self-Analysis
Name: Date:
Does My Behavior Drive or Resist the Principles of Learning from Failures?
0 Never 5 Sometimes 7 Mostly
3 Rarely SDF + SRF ≤ 10 10 Always
No.
Score
Self–
Driving
Force
(SDF)
Score
Self–
Resisting
Force
(SRF)
1 I do not fear failures as I
consider them as stepping-
stones to my long-term
success.
I consider failure as “bad
word” and hope I never
encounter it in any of my
projects during my career.
2 I consider every failure as an
opportunity to learn a new
lesson so that we can x the root
cause and never have to
encounter a similar failure again. ...