The problem: Delays in projects occur regularly and are tolerated. Especially when they are only short delays of a few days. The reason given is then: "There's nothing we can do", "It's just like that", "It's not that bad" or something similar.
But how bad is it really? If you look at the costs that just one day of project delay causes, you'll be surprised. The loss of sales for one "lost" day of production of the plant that was supposed to go into operation on a certain date is immense. Avoiding delays then quickly becomes a "million-dollar opportunity".
Project audits can be an effective tool for optimizing project management or uncovering errors in project control. As with any quality management audit or official inspection, however, you have to "drop your pants" to make problems visible. This requires the courage of those involved in the project to admit suboptimal processes and structures and not to cover them up.