How Project Managers Spot Red Flags and Get Ahead of Them

Project professionals know anticipating the need to pivot is a mainstay on any project. But what warning signs should you look out for? How can project managers identify them? And how should you inform the C-suite of major red flags? We discuss this with Mary Hladio, PMP, senior productivity and program leader at GE Aerospace in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, and Franziska Höhne, PMP, project manager for international internal auditing at ALDI in Essen, Germany. Key themes 01:25 Spotting red flags in data and how people communicate and act 04:48 Common red flags on projects: resource misallocation, scope creep and misalignment with organizational strategy 11:28 How to handle overly ambiguous—or extremely constrictive—project specs 15:24 Good practices for communicating red flags to the C-suite 17:00 Creating team cultures with transparency and trust

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How Project Managers Spot Red Flags and Get Ahead of Them is an episode from Projectified by Project Management Institute.

This episode is 22:28 long.

This episode was published on Mar 18, 2026.

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