Have you ever been responsible for a project that was constantly in “the red”?  Perhaps you are overseeing a project like that now.  You may also have people problems; staff complaints about vendors, vendors complaining about staff, and stakeholders that are resisting the changes your initiative is driving them to make. Projects often go into “the red” not necessarily because people are doing the wrong things or not working hard enough. Usually, what is causing the issues are insufficient planning (both people and things) and misdirected attention on tasks at the wrong times.  And yes, you know all of this, but the day-to-day business still needs your attention, and this initiative isn’t the only change in your organization.  PROSCI best practice, the gold standard in change management, “identifies active and viable sponsorship as the most important contribution to successful change management.”  Yet you are likely at your maximum capacity, and you need to save this project now. Having an unbiased, highly experienced project advisor can help you sort out what’s most important at the right time to move the trajectory of these kinds of projects from red to green, clear the issues and conflicts so you can get back to the strategic role you were chosen to do.