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Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
If you are a team manager :-
Give a task or a goal to a team member Ask them when they can deliver it by? that won't put a time pressure on them because they are setting expectations for their own goals. If the time they can delivery by is acceptable to you , agree to it . Or you can negotiate an earlier time and then offer to help or ask someone else to help them reach their goal.
In a project scenario :-
You can track their goals through your project schedule. They can report on it through daily stand-ups. Make them understand that it's not a fault finding exercise when asking them how they are tracking towards their goal in front of others in team meetings or daily stand-ups and the whole team is working towards a successful project or goal and you are just helping everyone move together towards it. And yes , clearly identify dependencies between the goals of individual team members or teams and try to identify blockers and clear them so both individuals or teams can reach their goals. Saving Changes...
LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
I like to use the SMART goal format - making goals specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and time framed. If the goal was a personal one an example might be: Jim will complete building the ADT interface and move it into the live environment before March 15, 2019. If the goal was team oriented, an example might be: This workgroup will complete successful user acceptance testing on March 15, 2019. Any issues resulting from user acceptance testing will be resolved by April 15, 2019. These examples include specific information, they are measurable, it takes action to complete the goals but they are realistic and have a time frame for completion.
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2 replies by Adrian Carlogea and SHADAV MOHAMMAD ANSARI
Feb 21, 2019 11:57 PM
SHADAV MOHAMMAD ANSARI
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Thanks Lori for Views on SMART Goal Format. Because Goals should be very clear ,specific & measurable . So Everyone can understand well and work according to it.
I would like to share quote of American philosopher and writer Elbert Hubbard on the Goal:
“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. “
Mar 12, 2019 10:45 PM
Adrian Carlogea
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"[...] If the goal was team oriented, an example might be: This workgroup will complete successful user acceptance testing on March 15, 2019. Any issues resulting from user acceptance testing will be resolved by April 15, 2019"
This is insane if you don't really know what defects would be discovered during UAT how can you know how long would it take to fix those defects?
No offense but in my opinion this is not a realistic goal. You can't set arbitrary dead lines for a team when you don't even know the quantity and the difficulty of the work the team needs to perform.
During testing, even during UAT, the developers may discover an extremely serious defect that could take a very long time to fix.
I like to use the SMART goal format - making goals specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and time framed. If the goal was a personal one an example might be: Jim will complete building the ADT interface and move it into the live environment before March 15, 2019. If the goal was team oriented, an example might be: This workgroup will complete successful user acceptance testing on March 15, 2019. Any issues resulting from user acceptance testing will be resolved by April 15, 2019. These examples include specific information, they are measurable, it takes action to complete the goals but they are realistic and have a time frame for completion.
Thanks Lori for Views on SMART Goal Format. Because Goals should be very clear ,specific & measurable . So Everyone can understand well and work according to it.
I would like to share quote of American philosopher and writer Elbert Hubbard on the Goal:
“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. “ Saving Changes...
Mikel SteadmanPMO Leader| Development Dimensions InternationalTroy, Nh, United States
Generally, I do the following:
Preparation: I start with the end in mind.
What is our vision? What is our mission?
I think through the high-level milestones we need to achieve and present them to the team so they can conduct a bottom-up approach... essentially asking them to decide on the work. I do this after I've talked through our strategy so that they feel good about the work being aligned to our strategic growth initiatives.
Planning
Then, we turn them into SMART GOALS.
I am also a fan of 10% time. Meaning, personal and professional development goals are also included in the team goals.
We rinse and repeat this process until we are aligned on the goals for the fiscal year.
Execution / Monitor / Control
Finally, we have checkpoints in the 2nd and 3rd Quarter to ask the question; "Are we still working on the right things?" Saving Changes...
I like to use the SMART goal format - making goals specific, measurable, actionable, realistic and time framed. If the goal was a personal one an example might be: Jim will complete building the ADT interface and move it into the live environment before March 15, 2019. If the goal was team oriented, an example might be: This workgroup will complete successful user acceptance testing on March 15, 2019. Any issues resulting from user acceptance testing will be resolved by April 15, 2019. These examples include specific information, they are measurable, it takes action to complete the goals but they are realistic and have a time frame for completion.
"[...] If the goal was team oriented, an example might be: This workgroup will complete successful user acceptance testing on March 15, 2019. Any issues resulting from user acceptance testing will be resolved by April 15, 2019"
This is insane if you don't really know what defects would be discovered during UAT how can you know how long would it take to fix those defects?
No offense but in my opinion this is not a realistic goal. You can't set arbitrary dead lines for a team when you don't even know the quantity and the difficulty of the work the team needs to perform.
During testing, even during UAT, the developers may discover an extremely serious defect that could take a very long time to fix. Saving Changes...
