Introduction Only recently, modern project management practices, approaches and processes have started to be employed in specific and subject areas of economic sciences. Projects had already been successfully completed long before then, such as the construction of the Great Wall in China. However, the so-called projects were managed on what would be called ad hoc processes, which mainly used informal techniques and management tools. Today, project management aspects and tools occupy the minds of managers in almost if not all companies and organizations. . This process is given high priority, regardless of how large or small the company or organization is. These companies, times without numbers, are involved in new ventures, changes and innovations that in one way or another can be considered projects. In most cases these projects are in fact individually not only different but also unique, however thanks to project management, management techniques, tools and problem solving approaches have been designed, tested and actually proven useful in bringing the projects to successful conclusions Although these great strides have been made, businesses, companies and organizations are still grappling with non-functional projects, many times such projects have ended up failing. This document defines what “death marches” are (in the context of project management), identifies these two “death marches”, examines the possible causes of lending to such projects as such, and recommends corrective factors that would be considered save the situation. In addressing the thesis statements identified above; the document will focus on specific points such as; the writer's point of view on specia...... middle of paper ......stle companies seemed to be contrary to the above. The coordination of managers from all over the world, to harmonize operations given the differences that exist in the different continents, was not only a difficult role but an impossible mission all together. List of references Pritchard, C. L. (2004). The communication toolkit for project management. Norwood: Artech House Gido, J. & Clements, J. P. (2009). Successful project management. New York: Cengage Learning.Rad, P. F., & Anantatmula, V. S. (2010). Successful project management practices. Bingley: Emarald Group Publishing.Mean, J & Adams, A. (2005). Facilitating the Project Life Cycle: Skills and Tools for Facilitators and Project Teams Six Sigma, New York: John Wiley and Sons.GAO (2010). Report to Congressional Requesters: Secure Border Initiative, retrieved September 5, 2011, from http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d116.pdf