Cadence founder John Patton brings us this series based on his speech, "The 8 Biggest Problems with Project Planning and Execution ... and Solutions for Each." These eight problems come as a summary of the key issues Patton has witnessed in his experience as a seasoned project manager, and the wisdom he's helped his client organizations to apply in moving beyond them. Each week, we will offer a dissection of some of the near-universal implementation and management problems felt by project managers around the world.