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Field notes on rescuing projects and building teams that ship, drawn from 12+ years and 100+ projects. New articles on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Project Rescue · Latest

How to Rescue a Failing Software Project in 8 Weeks: A Step-by-Step Framework

You don't need a six-month transformation to save a slipping project. Here's the exact three-phase, eight-week framework I use to take projects from chaos to control.

Aug 1, 2026 · 9 min read

Delivery

Why Software Projects Fail: The 8 Root Causes I See Most Often

Studies say 30 to 70% of software projects miss their goals. After 12 years of rescues, here are the eight root causes behind nearly all of them, and how to design them out.

Jul 15, 2026 · 8 min read

Project Rescue

7 Warning Signs Your Software Project Is About to Fail (and How to Act Fast)

Most failing software projects don't collapse overnight, they send signals for weeks. Here are the seven I watch for, and what to do the moment you spot them.

Jul 1, 2026 · 7 min read

Coming soon

Two new articles every month, here's what's on the way.

The Project Delivery Audit Checklist: 25 Questions to Diagnose What's Broken

Aug 15, 2026

Scope Creep: How to Spot It, Stop It, and Save Your Deadline

Sep 1, 2026

Agile vs Hybrid vs Waterfall: Which Delivery Model Actually Fits Your Team

Sep 15, 2026

How to Recover a Delayed Project Without Burning Out Your Team

Oct 1, 2026

Stakeholder Management When a Project Is on Fire

Oct 15, 2026

The Project Metrics That Actually Predict Failure

Nov 1, 2026

Should You Rescue or Restart? A Decision Framework

Nov 15, 2026

Outcome-Based Consulting: Why I Don't Get Paid Unless Your Project Improves

Dec 1, 2026

From $250K at Risk to Launch in 6 Weeks: Anatomy of a Project Rescue

Dec 15, 2026

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