Gabriel Jakab, PMP

We as humans are well aware that we are driven by cognitive biases which impact also the outcome from decision-making processes. We have natural preferences, are too optimistic, or often go even by gut feelings when it comes to decision-making. In project management, this phenomenon is often leading to what is called the planning fallacy as we are usually underestimating efforts that will be required to deliver work items, we often underestimate the cost of delivery, and we underestimate risks that may impact project outcomes. Often - and we can see an increase over the years - such flaws are leading to project delivery failures.

Many organizations, PMOs tend to follow the trend of adopting agile project management methodologies. Where it is applicable it's definitely recommended to go for agility in order to reach faster time to market as well increased customer satisfaction. However, while agile project management has the intention to be adaptive and flexible in order to increase productivity, on other hand it tends to ignore the quality of the product but also the quality of the project management process itself.