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Proceedings of Government/Industry Forum The Owner's Role in Project Management and Preproject Planning (2002) / Chapter Skim
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8. Question-and-Answer Session
Pages 35-37

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... Dr. Merrow: It would be very unusual if after project professionals said during that critical scoping phase that it was a bad project, that management wouldn't respond by telling congressional sponsors, "This isn't something we really ought to do." If you raise the issue as project professionals, most of the time you can help kill the bad projects.
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From page 36...
... We have also created a Project Leaders Academy and a Project Managers Academy, and we are starting to train people in a very focused and aggressive way. How do agencies with dispersed implementing centers maintain consistent performance, planning, or implementation of projects?
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... Mr. Porter: Appropriations rules require project managers to come back to Congress for action if their projects overshoot estimates by even a small amount.
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