- Wrong people on the wrong job
- Crypto-fascist management
- Prima Donna or maverick team members
- Stupid project managers
- ‘Hole in the wall’ offices and facilities
- Death march project mentality
- Reinvent the universe project objectives
- ‘Throw more people’ at the project attitude
- ‘We’re all behind you’ attitude by stakeholders
- Project creep and more creeps
- Gold plating requirements
- Wish lists and more product goodies
- I wanted it yesterday attitude
- Fuzzy understandings – fuzzy everything
- ‘It’s their job’ attitude
- ‘Plan is a 4-letter word’ attitude
- ‘Silver-bullet’ attitude
- Too many surprises and gotcha’s