I am a new PM working on a Web redesign for a quasi-government organization. My boss got promoted 2-weeks into my stint and now, 2 months in, we are losing our developer! These issues I am handling, but what I feel I need is some advice on making sure I remember every little detail for content, production and tech. I have no assistants and answer to managers who have not been intimately involved in the details of the project. Of course I have a project plan and keep all important emails, but I still feel like some things get missed and I need to know if anyone has a surefire strategy for staying on top of things in a cross-departmental, cross-functional environment. Saving Changes...
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Mark Price PerryBusiness Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT InternationalOrlando, Fl, United States
Dear Anonymous, it sounds like your web-design project is more than just a small project effort! You might want to use work packages and work package lists to keep track of the details wrt WBS descriptions, acceptance criteria, predecessor tasks, successor tasks, inputs & outputs, resources, etc. Even if you are the only project resource per se, this might save you a great deal of re-work and cobbling together of those emails down the road. Good luck! -- Mark Perry, VP of Customer Care, BOT International Saving Changes...
Anonymous
Thanks Mark, but now the project is over and I am off to a new company. I basically handled things without using a formal PM process (such as work packages, and AON networks) simply because they were not interested. Where in the country are you located? Saving Changes...
Mark Price PerryBusiness Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT InternationalOrlando, Fl, United States
Dear Anonymous, congratulations on your project completion and good luck in your new endeavor. I am located in Orlando, contact details on our site, feel free to click or call. Cheers. -- Mark Perry, VP of Customer Care, BOT International Saving Changes...
Anonymous
Mark, I intend to take you up on that offer to call. I am relocating to Atlanta and trying to get a PM job there --either assistant or coordinator to start -- I am eager to learn and am very organized. I would love to consider you a kind of mentor during my initial move into the field; is that OK? I will contact you sometime next week. Saving Changes...
Mark Price PerryBusiness Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT InternationalOrlando, Fl, United States
Great, I look forward to your call! Saving Changes...
