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56% -- project failure rate due to poor communication for projects surveyed by PMI (2025)
Poor communication is the leading cause of project failure in 56% of project failure cases according to a PMI survey.
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56%
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2025
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Project Management Institute (PMI)
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projects surveyed by PMI: 56% project failure rate due to poor communication. Source: Project Management Institute (PMI) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/poor-communication-project-failure-56-pmi
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/poor-communication-project-failure-56-pmi" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>56%</strong> -- project failure rate due to poor communication for projects surveyed by PMI<br><small>Source: Project Management Institute (PMI) (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/poor-communication-project-failure-56-pmi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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