PhD in Project Management
20+ Years Onsite Crisis Recovery
Author – Defeat the 10 Deadliest IT Project Killers
Your certification taught you the rules.
Nobody taught you what happens when they break.
You have the qualification. You have the experience. And still — somewhere in the project, something shifts. The sponsor goes quiet. The team loses focus. Decisions that should take a day take three weeks. You can feel it happening and you cannot name exactly what it is.
That feeling has a name. It has a structure. And it has a solution.
In more than 20 years of walking into failing IT projects, I have seen the same ten dynamics destroy projects that should have succeeded.
Not technology problems. Not budget problems. Human problems, political problems, structural problems — the ones no certification ever covers and no textbook prepares you for.
I called them the 10 IT Project Killers. And I built the SPARK Method™ so that you can see them coming before the damage is already done.
“I have never once traced a project failure back to the technology. Every single one failed because of something human. That gap — between what happened and what was reported as the cause — is exactly what this is here to close.”
— Dr. Martin Moss
Free Resource
Start Here – The Red Flag Spotter
The Red Flag Spotter is a free PDF that gives you the 10 early warning signs — one for each IT Project Killer. Concrete. Specific. Applicable to your live project today.
Most project managers who download it identify at least two active warning signs within the first read. That is not a coincidence. That is how predictable these patterns are once you know what to look for.
The SPARK Method™ Framework
The 10 IT Project Killers
Every failing IT project I have ever worked on had at least one of these active. Most had three or more. They leave specific warning signs — weeks before they become visible crises.
Uninspiring: The project fails to motivate key stakeholders
No Way Out:
The project is trapped – no viable exit path
The Project Administrator:
The PM administrates instead of leads
Killer #4 [placeholder]
Medium cost — visible warning signs present
The Scapegoat
Error-intolerant environment — nobody takes risks
Uninspiring: The project fails to motivate key stakeholders
No Way Out:
The project is trapped – no viable exit path
The Project Administrator:
The PM administrates instead of leads
Killer #4 [placeholder]
Medium cost — visible warning signs present
The Scapegoat
Error-intolerant environment — nobody takes risks
The Product Ladder
Where Do You Want to Start?
Every path through the SPARK Method™ begins with a single step. Choose the one that fits where you are right now.
(free) Red Flag Spotter
Download the free PDF and identify which IT Project Killers may already be active in your project.
Defeat the 10 Deadliest IT Project Killers
The complete SPARK Method™ foundation. Every Killer named, explained, and solved.
SPARK Method™ Foundation
The structured programme that teaches you to detect, diagnose, and stop all 10 Killers systematically.
Advanced SPARK Method™
Go deep on motivation, leadership under pressure, and early warning systems.
About Dr. Martin Moss
“In more than 200 IT projects across industries and countries, I have never once traced the root cause of failure back to the technology.”
IT project crisis prevention expert. PhD in project management. Creator of the SPARK Method™. 20+ years of hands-on onsite recovery experience, teaching remotely from Paraguay, serving IT project managers across English-speaking Western markets..
RESULTS
What the Method Delivers
11 of 14
Foundation beta participants identified an active IT Project Killer in their current project within 48 hours of completing Module 4. Not after finishing the full course. Not after weeks of practice. Within 48 hours of a single module — because the patterns were already there. They just finally knew what to look for.
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