Project Management Challenges course

Project Management Challenges

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In the world of project management, success is not just about planning and execution—it’s about anticipating and navigating the inevitable challenges that arise. Gururo’s Project Management Challenges course is designed to prepare project managers, leaders, and aspiring professionals to proactively address the real-world obstacles that derail projects.

Through this practical, experience-driven course, you’ll explore a comprehensive set of challenges across all project phases—requirement gathering, estimation, resource management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, communication, quality assurance, reporting, contracting, and project closure.

Each module provides detailed insights into the core problems professionals face, such as unclear requirements, estimation pitfalls, infrastructure hurdles, stakeholder disengagement, risk oversight, poor communication practices, and contract ambiguities. Real-world examples and actionable strategies will empower you to recognize, prevent, and effectively resolve these challenges in your projects.

Whether you are managing small initiatives or large-scale enterprise programs, mastering these common challenges will significantly improve your delivery confidence, stakeholder satisfaction, and project success rate.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify hidden risks and pitfalls early in the project lifecycle.
  • Strengthen stakeholder engagement and manage expectations.
  • Create robust communication and risk management plans.
  • Handle scope changes, resource issues, and third-party dependencies effectively.
  • Improve estimation accuracy and reduce project overruns.
  • Navigate complex contracting and legal requirements smartly.
  • Build stronger, high-performing teams with better collaboration and accountability.

Course Content

1.1 Lack of Clarity in Requirement Gathering
1.2 Poor Estimation and Blame Game
1.3 Stakeholders Not Present During Requirement Gathering Meetings
1.4 Stalling of Requirement Gathering
1.5 Customer Requesting Changes to the Project Scope
1.6 Unclear Requirements Due to a Lack of Stakeholder Participation
2.1 Guesstimation
2.2 Poor requirements gathering
2.3 Onboarding miscalculations
2.4 Infrastructure Hurdles
2.5 Hardware Software Incompatibility
3.1 Pressure to hire
3.2 Overlooking the Forming Stage of team building
4.1 Missing engagement of stakeholders
4.2 Overlooking Leave Plans and Public Holidays
4.3 Lack of team bonding and collaboration
4.4 Lack of Interpersonal Skills in Project Management
5.1 Superficial Risk Highlighting
5.2 Risk Materialization
5.3 No Risk Categorization
5.4 Inconsistent Risk Assessment
6.1 Lack of Clarity
6.2 Communication During High Severity Issues
6.3 Lack of Communication with Senior Stakeholders
6.4 Client rescheduling go live date without communication
6.5 Overbearing stakeholders
7.1 Inadequate Quality Focus
7.2 Understanding Gaps
8.1 Handover from Sales
8.1 Handover from Sales
8.2 Watermelon Status Reporting
8.3 Lack of communication and transparency
8.4 Hesitation sharing Bad news
8.5 Lack of a clear communication plan with stakeholders
9.1 Not following lessons learned
10.1 Rushed Contract Preparation
10.2 Lack of Clarity in Roles and Responsibilities
10.3 Overlooking Important Details
10.4 Overlooking the Master Services Agreement
10.5 Confusion on Penalty Calculation
10.6 Hard-Coded Dates in Project Plan
10.7 One-liner requirements
10.8 Incompatibility between third-party software
10.9 Lack of Clarity Regarding Data Migration Responsibilities
10.10 Parallel run issues
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