A word that replaced the popular “same page” which means ensuring everyone not only understands the goal but is also ready for the goal. It is one thing to agree you need to replace the financial application and entirely another to be willing to add staff and overtime hours to accommodate the change. This of
More an more project teams are dispersed throughout the globe. All in one room is becoming more and more rare so you will be to be creative. One fun easy thing you can do is whenever a teammate has a birthday or a baby or other fun event, you can have everyone on the call
Awkward but necessary title meaning, you need to periodically re-diagram your processes. When you first take on a project and because to document the as-is, working toward a to-be state, you will not doubt in some way draw this out. If it’s simple PowerPoint and Visio for the more complex processes. But you should not
Loving data, I usually error on the side of too much research. It is always useful in the way that I can follow a very technical vendor meeting, for instance, but sometimes it’s clear that time could have been better spent elsewhere. Especially if we decide not to buy the item. If this is happening
One easy thing you can do to learn about your company, other peers and their jobs, and be an overall good team player is to offer to sit in on meetings. Whenever someone gives you a kudos or compliment on something you do in your project and it can help them in their project, offer
As a PM, you probably don’t have any direct reports but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a one-on-one meeting with your teammates to: Encourage them in their job Give them a personal kudos See how their are doing work/stress-wise Inquire after a difficult time Just say “Hi” how ya doin? With more online meetings,
Have need to promote an application or process? Start a user group! This will not only help your project solidify interest and support but allow for useful feedback and early adjustment of processes: Pick a frequency, monthly, weekly Invite all users and all interested Setup speakers a few months in advance Select a moderator to
There is a saying to count the cost before you take on a job. Video editing is one of those job I hope to give you insight to in case you come across this “opportunity”. We had 4 hours of training in video that was just OK for creating a very basic “watch this video
Last week we talked about a simple presentation slide on your current project that would assist management in summarizing its current status. We want to emphasize simple. As gather-ers of information, facts, figures, scenarios, risks, exceptions, etc., at some point, we know more about the entire project than anyone else. We must avoid putting everything
You may be running one of 100’s of projects and not aware of visibility or significance however you should be aware of presenting an overview of your project will be helpful to you and to your management all the way to the top. One easy way to do this is a simple charter/status slide that