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Small and medium-sized projects often face a familiar pitfall: things start to go wrong, but the threshold for seeking help is high. The project and its problems seem too minor to warrant “proper” consulting, yet too important to be left as such. All this results in even bigger problems.
First, the diagnosis
Just like doctors, project teams should diagnose problems, for example through root cause analysis. However, this is often neglected. People in smaller projects might feel, that there is not enough time for a thorough analysis, so the team ends up trying to address the symptoms with extra meetings, new schedule, and additional tasks.
Project Doctor addresses exactly this need: in just a couple of minutes, a project team or manager can describe the key aspects of the project and receive a concise, AI-powered analysis of the root causes and corrective actions. The report is sent to your email—you can focus on solutions with your project team without a lengthy and potentially expensive consulting process.
Typical situations and their root causes:
- Project is getting more and more behind schedule, even though project tasks seem to be clear. The diagnosis may reveal that the issue isn’t about resources, but rather a lack of clarity in decision-making and responsibilities.
- The team is working hard without a sense of progress. Here, the root cause is often scope creep: new tasks are constantly added without proper change management.
- The project seems to progress, but stakeholders are dissatisfied. Instead of the execution, the problem is related to communications and stakeholder expectations, which may never have been properly addressed.
Reach the agreement
The diagnosis and proposed corrective actions are a good starting point. However, the group must reach a shared understanding of the situation and agree on how to proceed.
The Project Clinic, a case-based workshop, helps here. Instead of solving a fictional textbook case, the project team tackles the problems of their own project, using, for example, lightweight project models, resulting in corrective actions for their own project.
Based on the report provided by the Project Doctor, the group can immediately start discussing about solutions. An effective, shared two-hour session yields more than endless meetings used for dissecting symptoms.
You can reserve a free 1.5-hour Project Clinic webinar. This offer applies to clinics held on or before June 18, 2026.
Why is this particularly well-suited to small projects?
Large organizations often have a project management office (PMO), in-house experts, or established procedures for handling problems. In small projects—such as those done in associations and SMEs, or those being part of public sector development initiatives—these structures may not exist. However, project problems haven’t disappeared.
With Project Doctor and Project Clinic you can solve your project problems without separate training or extensive consulting. You will quickly receive a diagnosis and a proposal for corrective actions. After that you can agree on solutions together with your team.
If your project is experiencing problems, the best time to conduct an analysis is now—before the problems becomes unmanageable.
Project Doctor has a discounted pricing plan for non-profit organizations.
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