The Anatomy of a Winning Project

Projects fail in the planning, not in the execution

A McKinsey study found that 70% of projects fail to meet their original scope, schedule, or budget targets. The most common reason: unclear ownership, no single source of truth for tasks, and updates that live in email instead of a system.

Proactiq Projects gives every team a single source of truth.

The project hierarchy

• Project — The top-level container. "Website Redesign Q2" or "New Product Launch"
• Tasks — The individual units of work within a project, each with an owner and due date
• Comments — Threaded discussion attached to each task

Project statuses

• Planning — Defining scope and timeline
• Active — Work in progress
• On Hold — Paused, waiting for something external
• Completed — Done and accepted
• Cancelled — Will not be completed