**01 — Scope Creep: The Never-Ending Feature Factory (+120% over budget)** Uncontrolled feature additions buried the project. PM fixed it with a scope freeze, a Change Control Board, and Agile sprints. **02 — Poor Requirements: Building the Wrong Product (9 months wasted)** Requirements were gathered from an executive, not real users. PM ran user story workshops, prototyping cycles, and introduced a Requirements Traceability Matrix. **03 — Communication Breakdown: The Siloed Dev Team Disaster (3 modules rebuilt)** Three teams built incompatible systems. PM added weekly cross-team syncs, API wikis, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). **04 — Unrealistic Deadlines: The Death March Launch (5 engineers resigned)** A 90-day promise caused burnout and mass resignations. PM renegotiated a phased MVP plan backed by velocity data and capped team hours. **05 — No Risk Management: The Third-Party Collapse ($800K unplanned cost)** A vendor acquisition killed a critical API with no backup plan...
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