How to assess project Managers productivity

Michael Wong Singapore, Singapore

If you have a group of PMs. How do you their productivity

Posted: Jul 17, 2019 1:57 AM

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Eric Isom Owner| learn.pmguaranteed.com Ut, United States

Jul 17, 2019 7:44 AM

Replying to Kiron Bondale

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Toh Kong -

it is important to shift away from maximizing utilization to maximizing value. In a PM's case, the latter can be measured based on the scale or complexity of the projects they are able to successfully manage.

Kiron

Absolutely!

Posted: Jul 17, 2019 11:08 PM

Anton Oosthuizen Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self Employed Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Some good responses here and I agree. The concept of productivity belongs in a production line, human effort should be measured by means of value-added. How you determine if value is/was being added will situation based. Think of it as outcome-based measurements.

Posted: Jul 18, 2019 12:40 AM

Tim PM Project Manager| NHS Yes, United Kingdom

All Projects could have measures of PM performance.
Also, PM Productivity metrics should definitely be possible in some fields - particularly where a similar project is done frequently. Think of perhaps a building company that is building the same houses on multiple developments, or a software company that is managing the installation of one of their key products to various customers. The metrics need to take into account both quality and progress.

Posted: Jul 19, 2019 8:38 AM (Updated by author: Jul 19, 2019 8:39 AM)

Daire Guiney Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

I would agreed with Tamer on this one. I think we all know what productivity is and what it looks like and the metric tools we need to order to ascertain how productive Project Manager A is over Project Manger B is when it comes to extending a Project Managers Contract.

Posted: Jul 22, 2019 10:28 AM

Kimberly McCoy Project Manager| TekSystems - Contractor Zanesville, Oh, United States

Jul 17, 2019 12:19 PM

Replying to Bob Thomas

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That is a very good point! If the PM is running from meeting to meeting and task to task, they generally aren't going to perform as well as those who have less workload.

I agree with this, and disagree at the same time, only because this is something I do on a regular basis. To compensate for this, I do put in extra hours and rely on my team to assist in things that need to be completed. I know not all others have this mentality, but it's a way for me to ensure that I am productive on all my projects.

Posted: Jul 22, 2019 12:57 PM

Kimberly McCoy Project Manager| TekSystems - Contractor Zanesville, Oh, United States

I do like reading a lot of these comments! Although, I do not manage a group of PMs, I think it is interesting to see what others are doing in this case.

Posted: Jul 22, 2019 12:58 PM

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