IDG Contributor Network: 11 best practices to improve any project anywhere

No matter where you are on the project, no matter how well or how poorly things are going at the moment, there is always something you can be doing or should be doing to improve the project. It can be very easy to start going through the motions if the project is on auto pilot or even if it's going horribly wrong. You know that “giving up” feeling when you're on a sinking ship? Don't do it. Fail or not, you will regret it. Do your best and you may salvage something good out of even a