What challenges are most affecting your projects on a regular basis?
Kristin JonesSocial Media Specialist III| PMINewtown Square, Pa, United States
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I do not want to mention the famous topics like communication, scope creep, ....
Currently, the biggest challenge for me is, that many customers believe they just buy agile projects and everything goes smart, faster and cheaper without fully understanding what agile practises mean to their own organisation or the people going to be assigned to projects applying agile practises. There is a lot of hype and unrealistic expectations.
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1 reply by Emily Luijbregts
Aug 11, 2017 4:47 PM
Emily Luijbregts
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This is a big one that I've seen and experienced. It's incredibly frustrating when management want Agile but they're not willing to work Agile or work in an agile mindset
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Most of my challenges comes from Management's refusal to make decisions in a timely manner. When they finally do make decisions the project is already underway, and I have to scramble to incorporate them. This means I have to perform detailed analyses of the impact of their decisions on the project, which is very time consuming.
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1 reply by Michael Shanklin, MBA PMP CSSGB ACP PSM
Aug 11, 2017 4:33 PM
Michael Shanklin, MBA PMP CSSGB ACP PSM
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Eric, do you experience that more with requirements, or more with scope of work to achieve those requirements?
Thx
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Teresa SabinoProject Manager| Open to Work!Ct, United States
Resource capacity issues, poor planning, scope creep due to not knowing exactly what's wanted up front.
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1 reply by Michael Shanklin, MBA PMP CSSGB ACP PSM
Aug 11, 2017 4:35 PM
Michael Shanklin, MBA PMP CSSGB ACP PSM
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This has been my biggest issue as well. Lack of resources, and those who should give me the expert judgment don't really know all the requirements or forget some from their past projects which then throws me in a loop. No matter what I do to acquire the requirements and scope up front, I can't read other people's technical minds.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
People does not understand what project/program/portfolio management and project /program/portfolio manager is. In fact, if you ask to project manager community you will surprise with the answers including the answers of people that earns certifications like PMP. Saving Changes...
Most of my challenges comes from Management's refusal to make decisions in a timely manner. When they finally do make decisions the project is already underway, and I have to scramble to incorporate them. This means I have to perform detailed analyses of the impact of their decisions on the project, which is very time consuming.
Eric, do you experience that more with requirements, or more with scope of work to achieve those requirements?
Thx Saving Changes...
Resource capacity issues, poor planning, scope creep due to not knowing exactly what's wanted up front.
This has been my biggest issue as well. Lack of resources, and those who should give me the expert judgment don't really know all the requirements or forget some from their past projects which then throws me in a loop. No matter what I do to acquire the requirements and scope up front, I can't read other people's technical minds. Saving Changes...
I do not want to mention the famous topics like communication, scope creep, ....
Currently, the biggest challenge for me is, that many customers believe they just buy agile projects and everything goes smart, faster and cheaper without fully understanding what agile practises mean to their own organisation or the people going to be assigned to projects applying agile practises. There is a lot of hype and unrealistic expectations.
This is a big one that I've seen and experienced. It's incredibly frustrating when management want Agile but they're not willing to work Agile or work in an agile mindset Saving Changes...
Time constraints/over utilisation of resources. It's very difficult to try and give your project the priority when your resources are working on so many other projects and there is limited Management support. Saving Changes...
Thien NguyenFounder & CEO| Global Smart Office Solutions LLCWestminster, Ca, United States
When the project organization prepares to sell or buy by investors. At the time, there was a lot of new financial information, It impacted stock and most of the job quality of project management. Saving Changes...
Thien NguyenFounder & CEO| Global Smart Office Solutions LLCWestminster, Ca, United States
You can carefully consider the balance structure of the project organization to provide an optimal way to solve the project's time, scope and cost. Saving Changes...
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