There is a dramatic scene in the movie Apollo 13 in which a mission specialist essentially gives a group of engineers a round peg and a square hole to put it in and proclaims, "Failure is not an option!" Lives were at stake. The moment represented great drama but a terrible model for project leadership and communication.
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Sponsorship of Mission-Critical Projects: Failure Is Always an Option
By Payson Hall
Posted November 30, 2010 | | Amplify
About The Author
Payson Hall is a consulting project manager and founding member of Catalysis Group, Inc. Trained as a software engineer, he has performed and consulted on various hardware and software systems integration projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 40-year professional career. Mr. Hall's consulting clients have included the US State of California, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, IBM, the Federal… Read More
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