Damian PereraMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist| ChrysalisMellawagedara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Project managers are decision makers. They make decisions on regular basis. But there are good decisions with bad outcomes & poor decisions with good outcomes. Is decision making an art or skill? What skills do we need to make right decisions to drive project success? Saving Changes...
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Decision making is a skill because the steps needed to make good decisions are logical and repeatable. Intuition and emotions don't play a leading role in decision making as they do in cooking, writing or art, for example. To make good decisions on a project a PM needs to have good skills in the following areas: Organization. An organized PM can gather needed information much faster than a disorganized one Communication. A PM might need to gather information from and disseminate information to a wide audience as part of the decision-making process. Analysis. A PM needs to quickly analyze information to understand causation versus correlation, and to detect patterns and trends that might not be immediately apparent. This is perhaps the most important skill of all, since an incorrect conclusion will lead to a poor decision. Saving Changes...
Decision making requires good judgment and that usually develops over time through experience, coaching and mentoring.
Key aspects to a decision are understanding who needs to be involved in the analysis and the making of the decision and the "right" timing for the decision.
Kiron
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1 reply by Jesus Martheyn
Aug 14, 2018 12:27 PM
Jesus Martheyn
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I Agree with Kiron,
It depends mostly on the experience earned. But in general, I guess that you can make a good decision once you understand widely the situation.
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Jesus MartheynProject Manager SR Lvl 2| GlobantMedellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Aug 14, 2018 12:01 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Damian -
Decision making requires good judgment and that usually develops over time through experience, coaching and mentoring.
Key aspects to a decision are understanding who needs to be involved in the analysis and the making of the decision and the "right" timing for the decision.
Kiron
I Agree with Kiron,
It depends mostly on the experience earned. But in general, I guess that you can make a good decision once you understand widely the situation. Saving Changes...
Decision making is:-
-Ability to negotiate and influence the organization and project management team.
- It is a common sense for taking the right decision and in the right time.
- study the environment factors.
-Analyze available information.
-Stimulate team creativity and account for risk.
BR,
Mansour Saving Changes...
Damian PereraMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist| ChrysalisMellawagedara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Thank you Eric, Girija, Kiron, Jesus & Mansour for highlighting decision making skills needed for project managers. Saving Changes...
RAJESH K LProject Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, IndiaBengaluru, Karnataka, India
