Rapid Fire Solutions for the Most Common PM Issues
From the The Professional Project Manager Blog
by Sean Whitaker
This series of articles examines, and offers insights and opinions, on all aspects of the profession of project management. I welcome your comments, feedback, support or dissent. I am passionate about the profession of project management and if, through our discussion, we can add value to the profession and practitioners then I am happy.
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Here are my rapid fire suggestions for some of the most common issues a project manager will face:
Poor planning and estimating – Start with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and then involve those people who are actually going to do the work
Poor change control – document everything
Poor scope definition – only do what is fully defined
Poor communication – try and see through the others person eyes
Demanding customer – listen better, document everything
Stalled career – invest in training or experience for yourself
Surprises keep slowing down the project – take time to do a risk register
Lack of clarity about who does what – get everyone to contribute to and agree on a RACI chart
No time for project closure – include it in the project scope of works and allocate time and cost to it
Poor team morale – karaoke evening 😊
Posted on: June 14, 2017 02:12 AM |
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Jess De Ocampo
Lean Six Sigma Professional/Project Manager/Consultant/| .
Manila, Ncr, Philippines
Great arcticle, thank you for sharing! The article is concise, direct to the point, main issues enumerated with solutions.
Thilo Wack
Head of Existing Product and Test Lab| optimed
Tholey-Hasborn, Germany
Great shopping list :-) Thanks for sharing.
Drew Craig
Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard
Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Great stuff Sean. All very practical and simple (relatively) exercises for improvement.
Karaoke - sounds fun. Who's buying : )
Alok Priyadarshi
Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Great tips.
Thanks a lot Sean!!
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