10 practical strategies for Project Managers

I have listed these in the order I think is the most important. Should evaluate them for yourself.

Take some time to think about all of them. Add any you think I'm missing, and the expulsion of any you do not agree. Only you know what works in your particular environment.

1. Access to Information

Accurate information about the status of the project must always be available to everyone who needs to know. The use of a web site, or the shared network drive and keep it up to date. Communication and mixing location of the information. Make it easy to reach. Make information available in several layers of detail to meet the diverse information needs of the various stakeholders. I assure you that this will minimize the number and duration of meetings and reverse the steady flow of e-mail and phone calls. On the other hand, you will be able to spend more time managing director of the company.

Do not keep secrets about the status of the project, does not surprise anyone. You can not save the struggling project yourself. A small risk or cause of today will grow to a crisis if it is not dealt with quickly.

2. Change occurs

Do not struggle against it, but to deal with him furiously and with great courage. This is all on this subject at the present time, as this topic deserves article is the same, which is to come. Just recognize that change is inevitable.

3. They have the facts straight and use the data when reporting on the status of the project.

Intuition is a great quality, and use it to know that you need to check the facts, but has no place in the case of reporting. Reporting of the facts with no emotion. Passion leads to finger-pointing and blame.

4. Focus on the scope, schedule and cost, and quality of output.

Do not focus on people and tasks. Reporting "Bob did not write the specification" closes the door to understanding the problem and fixing it. Instead, the report entitled "Specifications required to be completed today, and it is not." He then worked with Bob to understand the problem and solve it.

5. Escalation of resistance (to go to the people or around).

While sometimes it is necessary to ruffle feathers, if you are constantly rising, people will turn to a life of solitude and loss of interest in what you have to offer. When you step up, make sure you have the facts straight, and you do it as a last resort because your project is in danger.

6. Strive not to use words like "no" or "can not".

Too many of these words often create the perception that you are incompetent or not a team player. Eventually, people will begin to spin for you to get things done. Instead of "no" or "can not", clearly describe the deliberate choices and the implications of each of them.

7. Be encouraging and keep things positive.

Celebrate every success, no matter how small. Does not matter about the size and scope of your Success in project. You want everyone to think it's the most important work in the world can do now.

8. The survival of the bank full of emotional before praising those who do a good job.

In the end, you will need to make a withdrawal of emotional people, and having them love you now makes it easier for them to forgive you later.

9. Things will always take 30% longer and cost more than 30% of your initial estimates.

Pillow estimates. If you're lucky and persuasive enough, you may get the approval of what it originally estimated. Project management templates is the best tool of getting work done in estimated time.

10. Become an expert user of Microsoft Office suite of products.

Efficiency in the project will, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access give you a decisive advantage over other project managers because your ability to implement quickly will increase dramatically.

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