One day it happens. You get assigned program management responsibility for Goals 2010 – the biggest, baddest, largest program to hit the XYZ Division since you laid off all those people in 1998. You, yes you, are going to be accountable for making sure that the XYZ Division meets its objectives of customer focus, innovation and cost effectiveness.
Only one problem, you think that Goals 2010 is a really dumb idea, something dreamed up by the top brass that makes no sense. Unfortunately, you've got a dilemma – how can you make sure that Goals 2010 dies a horrible death without having fingers pointed at you?
No problem. Simply follow the strategies that have worked in company after company, institution after institution, government after government around the globe. Thousands of program managers have presided over utter disasters while keeping their jobs or being promoted. Learn from their example by applying five principles guaranteed to scuttle any program.
Principle One: Set Unrealistic Deadlines
Principle Two: Never Admit Mistakes
Principle Three: Kill the Messenger
Principle Four: Don’t Waste Time Talking to People
Principle Five: Continually Increase Scope
Each of these principles will be described in one of my blog postings - please stay tuned!
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