components are being delivered late and are not working.
● Revenues are falling far short of predictions.
● Critical tests were/ have been postponed/cancelled.
● Delayed project start/multiple false starts.
● Vendors are straying away from the project’s requirements.
● Vendors are supplying poor quality items to the client, such as:
● Code
● Products
● Services
● Consistently downgraded requirements.
● No due diligence done on vendor.
● Costs were calculated without detailed specifics and drawings.
● Environmental impact assessment has added or will add significant additional delays and cost to the project over planned environmental improvement work.
● Organization is still operating in functional mode instead of in the previously stated project-oriented mode.
● Planning and installing items at the same time? (Yes = blue: Could result in multiple work being redone)
● Project’s mission no longer matches actual realities.
● Project is way ahead of schedule.
● Serious quality control issues.
● Investigation(s) is/ (are) delaying project.
● Professionals (e.g., engineers, scientists, managers, programmers, production people) are claiming that their professional judgement is being overruled and life, health and safety is at risk/ Not being allowed to speak publicly about the situation/ will only speak anonymously/ off the record or without attribution.
● Promises/ products/ services have not materialized (fallen short).
● Critical technologies are far behind schedule?
● Organization is siloed, which is restricting coordination and communication.
● Contract extensions are approved despite many warning signs/ red flags?
● PM too quick to give grey-area/ benefit of doubt to questionable vendor behavior?
● PM regularly overlooks poor practices by both contractors and staff?
● Project organization is denying permission to outsiders to visit its plant/ facility.
● Questionable test results/ economics.
● Key decisions are left unmade.
● Change of key vendor.
● Senior management not taking the project’s issues seriously.
● Meeting requests are being denied/ refuses to meet to discuss issues.
● Engineering challenges.
● Delays getting bids back.
● Disputes between the organizations regarding who will pay and how much.
● Delays and terminations have left projects in various stalled stages of completion.
● Significant attrition occurring in critical positions.
● Possible criminal activity, such as extortion, price fixing, bribery, threats of violence.
● Negatively competing visions and interests
● Client is unable to pay the bills
● Persistent safety issues being flagged
● Project is having trouble recruiting and retaining staff.
● Revolving door of management, causing frequent communications breakdowns.
● Inspectors are prevented from entering contractors’ facilities?
● project is not meeting/ accomplishing its expectations
● Key sponsor// leaders/ experts have left the project