The first 90 days of a PM

Learn the new culture and communication style and adjust to it. How do you do this? Invite people to lunch, ask a group of people if you can join them for a meal, bring a snack to share, make conversation around the kitchen, ask the team if anyone is interested in going for a walk daily in the afternoon. These small gestures will quickly help you understand how the company communicates.

Perform elicitation activities to know about: the domain, the environment (external and internal), the stakeholders. Not in the organization you are working right now but in the market whare the organization is acting. After that performing an enterprise architecture analysis perhaps using the Tom Peter´s Seven S model.

90 day time we call it as probation period. Most of the time goes in understanding the project, process & requirements, and communicating with stakeholders & team.

This is an area where I often wish that I had a do-over. Unfortunately, life doesn't work that way. My recommendation are to:
1: Ask as many questions as possible. Feel free to come from a place of ignorance. This is your best chance to complete your most basic fact finding which should include, info on stakeholders, location and holder of all procedures and OPAs,
2. Get to know your team, up and down. Learn their personalities and their drivers.
3. Become comfortable with any software packages you'll need. Trying to figure this out in the middle of a project is NEVER fun.

Like my peers mention above, conversations with core org members, teams, leadership. The project work is not necessarily what is new, but more so the organization itself. Better knowing how things work, and having strong, positive relationships, will provide a strong foundation for future accomplishments.

Indeed, learning from the company culture and its approach to project management is something to tackle as soon as possible.

From day one commit to accepting that you will not learn all that you need to know. Be kind to yourself and to the expectations for a "be in charge" first 90 days. Projects evolve over time, You can buy downstream productivity and project success insurance by spending the first 90 days getting to know the objectives of the project and primarily getting to know your team. Understand their communication style and ask probing questions relative to their experiences with other projects that sought to deliver similar objectives. Everyone has a tale that they love to tell. Record risks based on their past experiences, then work to mitigate those risks to help prevent unforeseen issues. If you can come out of those first 90 days with a list of risks to manage you will be well on your way to project success.

Learn the new culture and communication style and adjust to it. How do you do this? Invite people to lunch, ask a group of people if you can join them for a meal, bring a snack to share, make conversation around the kitchen, ask the team if anyone is interested in going for a walk daily in the afternoon. These small gestures will quickly help you understand how the company communicates.