--- title: Four Critical Project Numbers description: "Which is your project: Over budget, No positive impact, Total waste, Success." --- [![Totally Optimized Projects](https://blog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TOPLogos/TOP%20Header%20logo2020.png?width=338&height=93&name=TOP%20Header%20logo2020.png "Totally Optimized Projects")](https://www.totallyoptimizedprojects.com) ![clouds-2.jpg](http://design-assets.hubspot.com/hubfs/Stratus/clouds-2.jpg "clouds-2.jpg") # Four Critical Project Numbers [![Share on facebook](https://7528309.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528309/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/facebook-color.png?width=24&name=facebook-color.png) ](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com%2Ftop-videos%2Ffour-critical-project-numbers%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on linkedin](https://7528302.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528302/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/linkedin-color.png?width=24&name=linkedin-color.png) ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com%2Ftop-videos%2Ffour-critical-project-numbers%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on twitter](https://7528304.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528304/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/twitter-color.png?width=24&name=twitter-color.png) ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com%2Ftop-videos%2Ffour-critical-project-numbers%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com%2Ftop-videos%2Ffour-critical-project-numbers%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=) [![Share on email](https://7528311.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/7528311/hubfs/raw_assets/public/mV0_d-web-default-modules_hubspot/img/email-color.png?width=24&name=email-color.png) ](mailto:?subject=You%20may%20find%20this%20TOP%20article%20of%20interest&body=Four%20Critical%20Project%20Numbers%20-%20%20https://blog.totallyoptimizedprojects.com/top-videos/four-critical-project-numbers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email) Last updated: November 18, 2020 Which is your project: Over budget, No positive impact, Total waste, Success. --- The real rates of project success or failure depend on your definition of success. The commonly quoted failure figures are the least important - as this 5 minute video explains. 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