Guys I would like to hear from you, what would be the top priorities for a project manager when he needs to recover a problematic project . Saving Changes...
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saurabh mahajanPMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafonePune, Maharashtra, India
Stakeholder Management must be the top most priority. Because if the stakeholders revoke their commitment to the project then the project is doomed.
By keeping stakeholders updated, motivated, committed the project manager buys oxygen for the project which can give project manager time to make wrong things within a project right.
Also, help from all these stakeholders can make task easy for project manager to recover the project. Saving Changes...
Tuan NguyenSenior Project Manager, PMO Head| Harvey NashHanoi, Viet Nam
I think firstly need to address the root cause of the problem with team, stakeholder and then together with team to make a plan to tackle problem Saving Changes...
Zeeshan AhmedProject Manager| KSMCJubail, Easter Region, Saudi Arabia
In my opinion, PM should first identify problems and reasons which made the project problematic. These problems may be due to stakeholder’s negative influence or absence of input, communication problems in informing team about latest developments, lack of risk management, wrong estimations during planning, skill deficiencies etc.
Remember here 80/20 rule. Some time it is not possible to work on all problems due to time and other constraints, so identify the KEY problems that are causing ripple effect in project. For example, problems in completing a task on critical path should have higher priority to investigate than non-critical path’s activities.
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To recover a project you have to first assess the situation of where the scope is, where the schedule is at and how much we have already sunk into the project. Then, you start looking into what scope could be deleted. Once you have all this in hand, you re-baseline the project and present to the stakeholder of what is the action plan to recover the project, cost associated and new completion date.
Then, you wait and hope to have their buy in! If not, the project has to be cancel (which is not the end of the world sometimes). Saving Changes...
