ABSTRACT
This can be a chance to sail to glory on the back of someone else’s hard work – but more often than not, it is a poisoned chalice. As in buying a second-hand car, believe nothing that the outgoing project manager tells you about the superb condition in which he/she is leaving the project unless you have seen it, heard it from at least seven independent witnesses and hold a high court order confirming your predecessor as a registered saint. The executive may be shedding a tear, but is it really because your predecessor is going?
