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They say you learn from your mistakes. They also say that repeating the same thing and expecting a different result is insanity. However, in my many professional years I have bordered on insanity, and I note that many individuals in the position of Project Manager travel on that same path.  This short book is satirical, as I use humor to expose failures or shortcomings in everyday project life, with the objective of inspiring change.  I was first thrown into the project management arena totally unprepared for the professional path I was to pursue. Starting as a young trainee systems engineer at IBM®, my enthusiastic fervor was recognized by my superiors, who then proceeded to commit “professional homicide”.  Let me explain. On a Thursday afternoon, standing by the coffee machine, I was approached by my manager, who said, “Hi Claude, I want you to handle something for us starting Monday”. When I questioned him on what it was, he replied, “It’s a small job of a couple of months”. He informed me I would be a “team leader”, whatever that was supposed to mean, and that this involved some what of a promotion. Never was the word “project” mentioned.  So there I was, elated that as a young man I was recognized in the company  and that I had been given a “better” job. I spent the weekend celebrating with  family and friends on my new career path. I never even considered what a “team  leader” was or what the real meaning of a “small job” was.  Then it happened. On Monday morning I had a new job and zero experience  to prepare me for what was to come. I was confronted with a new world of people  I had not met before, a vocabulary of terms which made no sense to me, and my  colleagues, who had been my work buddies the previous Friday, now saw me as  their superior, expecting me to give directions and orders. Wow—how to start  the week! I was the victim of a “professional homicide”, as I was shifted from a  position where I seemed to be successful to a new one for which I had no com petence or skills and was destined for failure.  To all those who have had or are still having a similar experience, welcome to  the club “How to Fail as a Project Manager”. This book is a satirical commentary  on the exciting and great profession of managing projects, and I propose what  may seem simple actions to avoid failure.  I have held numerous positions in many enterprises, from supervisor to CEO,  and for more than three decades I have delivered my consulting and education  services globally in many industries in the field of Management of Change by  Programs and Projects.  I consider myself a staunch promoter of the profession of project management.  However, I have encountered a vast number of individuals in both private and  public sectors who have no clue as to what the profession entails and commit “professional homicide”.  As a reader of this book, I want you to enjoy this treatise on project management, as I have tried to make it provocative whilst being satiric, humorous and down to earth. My aim is to analyze the reasons for failure in project management with stories, anecdotes and sarcasm that highlight how organizations and project managers fall into an “insanity spiral”. I do not go into the hard and soft skills that project managers must possess, as you can find this in my two previous books, Project Management Concepts, Methods and Techniques^* and Enterprise Project Management.