Any one of these is a bad sign and things get exponentially bad the more you have: Poor expectations management, poor milestone creation/definition, inflexibili

Any one of these is a bad sign and things get exponentially bad the more you have: Poor expectations management, poor milestone creation/definition, inflexibility, poor specification, poor testing. Plenty more. Wordplay for profit: Have "due dates" and "milestones" instead of "deadlines". "Due dates" imply on the day after that something new has arrived and needs to be supported. We've found most late projects were actually late before they started. The slippage was just a symptom of underlying issues within the team, local environment or external ecosystem.