Dumpster Fire noun, informal: an utterly calamitous or mismanaged situation or occurrence; a disaster.  (Merriam-Webster)

Usage:

1. “The managers are causing so much chaos; they are turning this project into a dumpster fire.”
2. “If people would execute the plan, this dumpster fire of a program would get done.” 
3. “I hope I don’t get transfer over there. I don’t want anything to do with that dumpster fire of a program.”

Project Dumpster Fire is dedicated to helping others through the chaos and challenges of poor engineering project management.  Project chaos is a result of poor planning and poor execution, and my goal is to help reduce this chaos improving your chances of success when things go wrong with timely, relevant and actionable advice through regular posts and podcasts.  The guiding principles of the project are:

1. Things are as we perceive them.  If people have the belief things are messed up, that something is a complete and total cluster, then it probably will be.  
2. A bad plan will beat good execution every time.  It doesn’t matter how successful a team is at executing a plan, if the plan isn’t viable, the project is going to fail.
3. Bad execution will beat a good plan every time.  Similarly, if the plan is a good plan, but the execution is off, the project will have issues.
4. No plan survives first contact with the enemy.  Doesn’t matter how thorough and complete the plan is, once it starts being executed, unknown forces and human nature are going to cause affect the plan in an unpredictable manner.