Moving from Planning into Real Execution — Why Well-Planned Projects Still Stall
A detailed plan is not the same thing as a moving project — and the gap between the two is where most of the real damage happens. Teams spend weeks building airtight schedules, clear scopes, and thorough risk registers, only to watch the work stall the moment it needs to actually start.
In this session, Dr. Brian Watson — a PMP-credentialed project management professor at Wright State University whose research examines exactly this transition point — unpacks why the handoff from planning to execution is so often where good projects quietly die, even when the plan itself was sound. Drawing on his own background leading large-scale initiatives, including a systemwide electronic health record rollout as a hospital CIO, Dr. Watson will walk attendees through the real, common causes of execution stall — and the specific habits that keep momentum alive once the planning phase ends. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for recognizing early warning signs of stall and intervening before a well-planned project becomes a stalled one.
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