General
Project Management Tools Limitations
If the data being input is incomplete, out of date or just plain wrong – then any analysis the PM tool announces will be at best inaccurate if not downright wrong – meaning your project could be seriously out of synchronization with your overall project plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Meetings – 3
... quickly reminding the delegates the purpose for which the meeting was called, highlighting agenda items as necessary. Once under way – make sure that all the delegates have ample opportunity to voice their concerns/opinions, not letting any one person (including yourself) to dominate the meeting. Then, when all of the agenda items have been discussed, summarize the opinions expressed and decisions/action plans decided on. Read the rest of this entry »
Meetings – 2
Remember too that the bigger a meeting is – the less likely it is to be a productive one. Ideally keep the numbers down to seven or eight ... Read the rest of this entry »
Festive Season Break
– you could give a secret Santa present to everyone, that is bound to receive universal approval. That is, of course, some meaningful time off from the project over Christmas. Of course your project can't grind to a halt ... Read the rest of this entry »
Meetings – 1
Meetings should be an important an integral part of your job as a Project Manager, whether its an informal meeting when you happen across someone en route somewhere else or a full-blown board meeting with a secretary in attendance. Read the rest of this entry »
Motivating – Part 2
The answers to questions like that will fall into two categories – the intrinsic and extrinsic needs by which they are motivated. Most of us require a mixture of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to get the best out of us. Read the rest of this entry »
Motivating – Part 1
Motivation is concerned with the specifics of achieving a particular job and to do that you must set clear and concise objectives to be met, in order that the team(s) productivity levels are maximized. Read the rest of this entry »
Errors Of Judgement
... the best and easiest way to avoid making errors of judgment in the first place when planning is to fully involve others in your work. Read the rest of this entry »
Project Management Qualifications
If you want to get ahead in Project Management these days you'll need to have some qualifications that are directly relevant and applicable to Project Management. Read the rest of this entry »
Managing Personalities
– but also needs to be effective at managing the personalities of the staff in their charge. So, what sort of challenges might that present to a Project Manager? Read the rest of this entry »