Getting others whom do not work for you to do stuff - not always an easy task. Sometimes it is not procrastination, or laziness, it is clear passive-aggressive behavior. Transparency with clear communications and expectations may help, or candy :)
Procrastination has no place on a project, otherwise milestones and deadlines can not be met.
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Stephen ParsonsProject Manager| Private CompanyFranklin, Tn, United States
You have to use firm dates. Simply asking someone to do something is fine, and getting agreement is better. However, you have to provide a firm due date.
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Dec 20, 2016 3:21 PM
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Thank you Stephen P.
Yes, firm dates or milestones correctly communicated is key.
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NEHRU NAGAPPANPM Consultant| Project Leadership AcademyShah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
People don't want to tell lie, but they will tell half-truth.
Add a lot of milestones in between. It mitigates the procrastination to a tolerable level.
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Dec 20, 2016 3:20 PM
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Thank you Nehru N for your input but, maybe I'm not understanding properly, are you suggesting adding non-relevant milestones in a project plan?
Or maybe your suggestion is schedule checkpoints with your team members to avoid the procrastination.
You have to use firm dates. Simply asking someone to do something is fine, and getting agreement is better. However, you have to provide a firm due date.
Thank you Stephen P.
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Hi Maria,
I think a good friend of procrastination would be lack of motivation.
Has a PM you can work on a big part of what motivate people, but there is the other part, done by corporate line manager.
Also is procrastination, trigger by insufficient or lack of information (input). Saving Changes...
