Why Programs Collapse: The First Signs

In this video, Simon Beresford-Wylie – CEO of Arqiva – shares how Mentor helped with different execution challenges, including setup and execution of a business-critical program to strengthen Arqiva’s 4G delivery capability.

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no company intentionally sets out to

mess up a program but it does happen at

first bad news trickles out slowly in

various ways but there are four classic

signals of looming misfortune perhaps on

critical milestones have been missed and

not just once or maybe a key supplier

has objected to extra demands being

placed on its organization sometimes

people close to the program have openly

voiced concerns but the real clincher is

this the CEO grows tired of hearing

upbeat we’re on track messages without

much justification and eventually

realizes that things are not as they

should be in truth these fears are never

unfounded the situation is always

materially worse than anyone had

imagined and this news tends to come

like a bolt from the blue too many

people