Radical Project Management

Organizational and Individual Impact

The lack of a prescribed set of ethical behaviors within most project groups has major impacts on the organizations using these groups as internal service providers.

In the examples earlier, three of the organizations involved invested substantial money, resources, and technology on projects that should not have been approved (in one case, many millions of dollars were involved). The remaining organizations' investment in external and internal consultancy, productivity measurement software, and performance appraisal processes were compromised by widespread “cooking of the books.”

The implications, however, go far beyond simple investment or measurement issues. The existence and acceptance of such behavior ...