The Colonel Kurtz Project

Patricks Cooney, theorizes over a new project management orthodoxy...http://www.patrickcooney.com/weblog.aspx?i=61

How do we spot Kurtz projects? Try the following:

• Scanty information: Nobody is saying anything, documentation is non-existent or irrelevant, ship dates are not seriously discussed
• Messianic leader, whispers of insanity
• Total collapse in the chain of command
• The project team has 'gone up the river', and nobody knows when they are coming back