Anatomy of a QRM Train Wreck

Live, In Person ILT

The Client Need

"We had too many projects going off the rails, which resulted in projects that ended up in the red. We needed training to help us reduce the number of troubled projects by empowering practitioners to become more sensitive to risks that can arise at various stages of a project."

- Fortune 100 Firm

The Design

An engaging, half-day course where participants conduct a post-mortem on a failing project and derive key lessons for the future. Participants’ knowledge is challenged as the story unfolds, revealing new sets of issues they may not have anticipated.

The Details

Teams analyze issues that arose on an engagement across four phases. The engagement is based on a real-life engagement that went off-track.

Teams review materials and explore key scenes from the project to identify risks and offer management and mitigation strategies that might have helped to resolve the issues.

The questions raised by the case do not have correct answers. Teams weigh their responses and justify their solutions, and get feedback from coaches who discuss real-world issues, consequences, and concerns related to their recommendations.

At the end of the course, participants can extend their thinking beyond the case to reflect on their learning and how to apply it to their work.