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Getting the Most from Managing Your Team

Written by | Published November 29, 2011

One of the most important aspects of being a project manager is to effectively manage your project team. Without your direction their responsibilities and goals will not be clear and could lead to an unsuccessful project. While following a project management standard such as PRINCE2 is critical for the smooth running of a project, the ability to work with your team should also be considered.

Working with your team

When it comes to working with your team, one of the most important things is to ensure that the people on the team feel that their participation is valued and worthwhile. To do this, it is vital that you talk to your team about any issues which are faced by your department.

Project Management Team Management

Asking their opinion on issues which affect the whole team will give them confidence, both in their importance to the team and in their importance to you. Their solutions will also offer up innovations for the running of the department. Remember – it is not your job as manager to come up with all the ideas. Rather, it is up to you to use the ideas which others give, making sure there are enough of them to keep everything running.

Involving individuals on the team by asking their opinion is also an excellent method of team motivation. If the team sees their contributions being acted upon during a project, they will be a great deal more interested in the project’s successful completion.

Engaging your team’s creativity will help you create better bonds with your team members as well as giving them better job satisfaction and the desire to put more energy and even more creativity into projects.

Your team’s development

You are responsible for the development of every member of your team. One of the main things you can give your team members is education in the fields that they need to develop. Read the rest of “Getting the Most from Managing Your Team”

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Project Management Means People Management

Written by | Published November 21, 2011

Project management has become a highly regarded role, it’s become a career rather than a job. The gradual shift in perception of Project Management roles and principals is a welcome development for the industry, giving companies a greater respect for practitioners of PRINCE2 and other Project Management methodologies.

It has also led to a greater requirement for PRINCE2 training and qualifications. Qualifications like PRINCE2 accreditation teach you how to create stable and useful frameworks for Project Management, but once you have the qualifications; you will need to develop those skills yourself. How? By learning to manage your people.

People Management

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Focus on Your People

When deadlines are looming, it can sometimes be extremely difficult to focus on anything other than the tasks which need to be completed. This is fine and good, and a very natural thing to do. For this reason, it is essential that you focus on your team members from the very start of the project.

The mistake that many project managers make is to be entirely task-oriented. This is an idea which it is difficult to let go of, since Project Management training generally focusses on structuring the project in terms of tasks.

What you have to get past to become a good Project Manager is the idea that this is all there is to it. In order to manage a great project, you must learn how to work with the people on your team and get the best from them; after all, they are the ones who will make the Project great!

Spend time with your team

In your day-to-day workings as a Project Manager, you will come across a lot of issues which it will be your job to solve. It is your job to make sure the project goes smoothly, and that means dealing with the problems your people have, whether they be problems with the project or problems with each other. If you are going to reach your deadlines on time, and more importantly if you are going to have a good product at the end of your project, getting over these difficulties as soon as possible is key. That means paying attention to your team members and spending time with them to make sure that any issues are addressed as soon as they occur.

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Project Management – When Projects Go Wrong

Written by | Published November 11, 2011

When things go wrong with a Project there are often tough decisions to be made by the Project Manager. Should you decide to keep the project going? Or should you abort the project?

Jump Ship

Consider your options before you jump ship

Depending on the size of the company or organisation the level of control needed to go back and change the business rationale, objectives or strategy may not be within the remit for many Project Managers. This may be especially true if the project came about through a formal initiation process. It may take stakeholders higher up the ladder to initiate discussions that would lead to an effective outcome despite a Project Manger’s conviction that something has to give.

Tips on Explaining Projects to Stakeholders.

To put things in perspective it’s important to realise that ‘failed’ and ‘completed’ are not exclusive conditions.  For example a ‘failed’ project may still return value if completed rather than abandoned. There are instances where a decision to abort a project may present a risk or threat to high for a business. A Project may be deemed a failure because it is over budget, over time, over complicated, over resource and somewhat embarrassing, recovery may still be a valid option if business continuance is assured.

PRINCE2 is the best-practice approach to project management. On passing your PRINCE2 exam you will have an industry recognised project management qualification. PRINCE2 Training gives project managers the knowledge to make the decisions that matter.

So what can a Project Manager do when things slip? Read the rest of “Project Management – When Projects Go Wrong”

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