George Pitagorsky Failed Projects Who Is Responsible

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While skimming through several articles concerning project management failure, I ran across the article, “Failed Projects: Who is Responsible?” by George Pitagorsky, linked below: https://www.projecttimes.com/george-pitagorsky/failed-projects-who-is-responsible.html
Failed Projects: Who is Responsible? Written by George Pitagorsky
Although it was the title that initially peaked my curiosity, after reading through the article, I thought it was interesting enough to share with the group, especially where, although no one wants to see it happen, there are projects that fail. In his article, George Pitagorsky, addresses “bad PMs” in relation to the question, “Should the project manager be held responsible for the results of a project or

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