"In addition to many successful projects, I had a project that wasn't so successful last year. I was leading a project for our new software system roll-out and there was an action item I needed from all of the teams. There were two teams who never responded, so I moved along without their data. We kept our project plan rolling, but as we got closer to launch, we couldn't get the buy-in on the new process from the two units who never got us the data. One of the teams was a very high revenue area. The project was basically put on hold by our CEO. The lesson I learned was to build relationships with the key stakeholders so they will also get your their deliverables. If I would have had the other two teams' buy-in, the software would be completely up and running by now. Live and learn, I guess!"
