Project Managers need to be Jesters
We all know the saying Time flies when you’re having fun. Are you helping your team’s time fly?
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Project Managers are Supporters
Many of the things that go wrong in projects will be wholly and completely out of your control, but can have a massive affect on your project. You will need to find a way to support your team while they work through whatever issues they may be dealing with.
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Project Managers Pave the Way
As a Project Manager, it is going to be necessary to pave the way through obstacles that come up as the project progresses. Some say that this is the main responsibility of a Project Manager, and I tend to agree. It is up to the Project Manager to ensure that obstacles are dealt with and mitigated before they affect the project team and the project itself. Generally, there are three different kinds of obstacles that projects face: Technical, Political, and Emotional.
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Project Managers are Leaders
Think about a person that you would follow regardless of where they were going. What makes them a leader worth following? In terms of the business world, a leader doesn’t necessarily make decisions, and a leader doesn’t necessarily have the highest ranking title. A true leader is someone that has earned the trust and respect of their team; and as a result, that team will follow that person in whatever direction they take.
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Understanding Your Customer’s Attachment Style
Program managers, used synonymously with Project Managers here, are often the most consistent face of the organization to the customer
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Some rules are meant to be broken….
When things are not going our way, we need to stop and evaluate; because things are supposed to work smoothly together. So, when we find any type of resistance, chances are something isn’t matching. Either the rules or the people involved are not aligned. Once again – no one is doing anything wrong. It’s just not a perfect match, yet.
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Handling delays in a project schedule (Part III)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natural flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using critical path analysis to assist with project management. Diagramming the critical paths of a project accomplishes several things:
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Handling the speed-bumps in a project schedule (Part I)
Last week I was taping a series of lectures for the Sequel Server World Wide User Group (SSWUG.org), and I was asked “how does a project manager handle items that causes us to miss deadlines?”
This is an interesting question, because every project will have speed bumps. A good project manager expects speed-bumps and actually plans for the unexpected. So – how does one do this intelligently to synchronize with the final delivery dates?
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Handling the delays in a project schedule (Part II)
This is the second part of a three part article discussing “how does a project manager intelligently handle delays in a project?”
Last article we focused on acknowledging the natual flow of a project which includes periodic speed bumps and roadblocks. In today’s article we’ll focus on using recovery protocol plans to assist with project management.
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Tips to increase effectiveness and efficiency at the office
Many of us like to think of ourselves are multi-tasking experts. But in reality, multi-tasking is an euphemism for “interruption”
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Forgiveness: Is a Workplace Grudge Holding You Back?
In my first blog post, I shared some thoughts about disappointment, one of two key human conditions that I’ve observed
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