Yup, it's still the people who make the difference in ultimate project success. I heard "people power" reinforced in two recent project management workshops I conducted and in a 2004 study by Price Waterhouse Coopers (Belgium, who surveyed more than 200 companies worldwide). The strongest industry segment in the study only scored a 2.9 on a 5.0 scale. Project-wide, company-wide and worldwide, we have a long way to go.

What are your top 3 challenges to project success today? Let me know and I'll publish the results in early June. We're using Survey Monkey to compile the results. Take your survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=779721890208

To achieve Predictable, Positive, Performance, projects need to achieve alignment between the people, the plans and the processes being employed.