Causes and effects. Although all projects are unique, there are many common issues that are experienced by project managers and teams. Referring to the list of causes and effects, match two causes (only 2) to each effect and explain why the two were chosen.

Causes:

a) Top management does not recognize the activity as a project

b) Too many projects going on at the same time

c) Impossible schedule commitments

d) No functional input into the planning phase

e) No one person responsible for the total project

f) Poor control of design changes g) Poor control of customer changes h) Poor understanding of the project manager’s job i) Wrong person assigned as project manager j) No integrated planning and control k) Company resources are overcommitted l) Unrealistic planning and scheduling m) No project cost accounting ability n) Conflicting project priorities o) Poorly organized project office