Damian PereraMonitoring & Evaluation Specialist| ChrysalisMellawagedara, Western Province, Sri Lanka
When we react to present issues and problems it tends to lower the quality of work.
But when we plan ahead we can anticipate problems, prioritze and manage them.
How can we be proactive as we manage projects? What are the characteristics of proactive project managers? Saving Changes...
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Pench BattaEnterprise Lean Agile DevOps Coach /SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6)| Capgemini, Inc.Bentonville, Ar, United States
I think proactive project managers should have good leadership qualities, excellent communication skills, good decision maker based on the situations, servant leadership and efficient delegation skills. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Project management is a proactive role. That is the reason because project management are hired. So, "proactive project management" does not exists. If you are not proactive then you are not performing project management. You could be a project coordinator or a project leader or something like that but not a project manager. Each knowledge area inside the PMBOK is oriented to that. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
Besides good communication skills and leadership qualities, I think one of the main characteristic of a proactive manager is that they identify risk at the beginning of the project and then manages and monitors risk throughout the project.
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Oct 29, 2018 5:01 AM
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Perfecto!! Thinking ahead, looking at the big picture as well as the details...noting down the challenges and taking steps ahead...all these are part of proactive project management...last but not the least...communicating ahead, and not waiting until client follows up with us.
I think part of the nature of project management is proactivity, so it should be a given. Saving Changes...
Ravi DubeyVice President Engineering| Truminds Software SystemsNew Delhi, Delhi, India
Few of the characteristics of a proactive project manager, that I can think are
1. Keep a tab of the risks / costs - "proactively" ascertain if these are going to be affected.
2. Have a complete idea of the flow of information and deliveries to create the final product / deliverable. keep revisiting these on the board to be completely in control (and of course, checking the other stakeholders to see if any of these are getting affected)
3. Keep a check on the external / internal dependencies and "proactively" reminding the "owners" of these dependencies, as well as "What gets affected in terms of delivery and schedule", if these are not met
4. Leadership skills - be "proactive" and keep talking to your teams to get an insight in to the issues they are facing OR if they have ideas for the betterment (which I am sure they would have multiple).
5. Maintain an Action register - update it very regularly and share with all "action owners" Saving Changes...
Asif GulConsultant Project Manager| Energoprojekt EntelMuscat, Oman
In addition to other replies, I believe a Proactive PM must have:
1. Ability to forecast future with certain level of accuracy.
2. Better understanding of Organisational Internal & External Environment
3. Authority & Command on his team
4. Better understanding of Organisational Processes.
5. Knowledge of team members strength & weaknesses & leadership skills. Saving Changes...
Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Agree with Sergio and Sante - Project management is about being proactive. If you think about it most of what you do is proactive. You preempt what needs to happen by defining a schedule with milestones, you identify possible risks and risk management strategy should any of the risks be realized...... Saving Changes...
Besides good communication skills and leadership qualities, I think one of the main characteristic of a proactive manager is that they identify risk at the beginning of the project and then manages and monitors risk throughout the project.
Perfecto!! Thinking ahead, looking at the big picture as well as the details...noting down the challenges and taking steps ahead...all these are part of proactive project management...last but not the least...communicating ahead, and not waiting until client follows up with us. Saving Changes...
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