What if I told you that a prestigious international competition that ended with a student's death and Voldemort's return could have been prevented with basic project management?

The Triwizard Tournament is one of the most spectacular project management failures in the Harry Potter series. It had everything: high stakes, international collaboration, media attention, a binding deadline and absolutely zero proper planning.

No risk assessment. No security protocols. No contingency plans. No communication strategy. Just vibes and hope.

In this deep-dive episode, I'm breaking down exactly what went wrong with the Triwizard Tournament and what it teaches us about managing complex projects in our businesses. Because if you've ever launched something without proper planning and watched it spiral into chaos, this episode is going to hit different.

In this episode:

• The 5 catastrophic project management failures of the Triwizard Tournament (and they're all preventable)
• Why Hogwarts brought back a deadly competition with no risk assessment and what happened because of it
• How a compromised selection process should have stopped the entire tournament (but didn't)
• The complete absence of a communication plan and how it damaged trust with all stakeholders
• What a proper project management approach would have looked like (and how Cedric might still be alive)
• How to apply crisis contingency planning to your own business launches and projects

Content note: This series uses Harry Potter as a case study for business operations failures. Familiarity with the Triwizard Tournament storyline enhances the experience but isn't required to get the business lessons.