Most problems in a project occur when the project is actually running. This may seem obvious, but consider the amount of time spent on analyzing the situation and taking measurements to counter potential problems; the majority of this is done at the start of the project. When the project is running on full speed, when everybody is very occupied with their day-to-day work the need for analyzing project circumstances increases, but is hardly done.

Project Profiling attempts to create a set of techniques just for the purpose of quickly assessing a project that has some problems, and to deduct in a speedy way counter measures.

At this moment the potential candidates are:

• Traditional Risk Management
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Fifth Discipline Archetypes
• Project Management AntiPatterns
• Agency Theory
• Job Gap Analysis