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An unsuccessful project can lead to revenue loss and opportunity, failure to accomplish business goals, change in path of resources from other activities, weakening of staff morale, and may also lead to business failure. So, as projects get more complicated and essential to business performance, how to enhance your chances of successful project management?
Simple steps to follow for a successful project management are as follows:
1. Get commitment from management and members
First of all, you should have the actual commitment of members and management, the people who will be in advantage because of the project. Make sure that your project has a defendable business situation and that it can offer actual business benefits, so understand both its technical and business aims. You should maintain business focus to prevent the common risks of projects that provide technically right solution but one that doesn’t meet the requirements of the business.
You should make sure that you have a powerful sponsor, someone who is able to sustain commitment in the organization and who will work for it and fight for it if needed at senior management level. It is just not enough to acquire commitment from management and member at the beginning of the project, you should work throughout to sustain it. You can do this by keeping them n the loop and ensuring that they know the latest developments, risks, issues and achievements. This is very important for a successful project management.
2. Describe Goals, objectives and scope
The scope of a project describes what business processes and areas will be influenced. Describe it correctly and convey it to all the members. To prevent any doubt, don’t be scared to say what is not included in the scope. Once mentioned, handle the scope wisely to prevent any “creep”, or broadening of that the project will include. The sponsor or customer should accept changes to the scope, which will definitely mean that the project has to be created all over again and cost has to be planned again. Don’t fall for changed scope without project re-planning.
The customer should explain the complete business goal for the project, the final game that it will accomplish. Once you are familiar with the overall goal, then you can define the business and technical objectives of the business. These objectives will contribute to the overall goal of achievements. They will act as the foundation for high level projects.
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An unsuccessful project can lead to revenue loss and opportunity, failure to accomplish business goals, change in path of resources from other activities, weakening of staff morale, and may also lead to business failure. So, as projects get more complicated and essential to business performance, how to enhance your chances of successful project management?
Simple steps to follow for a successful project management are as follows:
1. Get commitment from management and members
First of all, you should have the actual commitment of members and management, the people who will be in advantage because of the project. Make sure that your project has a defendable business situation and that it can offer actual business benefits, so understand both its technical and business aims. You should maintain business focus to prevent the common risks of projects that provide technically right solution but one that doesn’t meet the requirements of the business.
You should make sure that you have a powerful sponsor, someone who is able to sustain commitment in the organization and who will work for it and fight for it if needed at senior management level. It is just not enough to acquire commitment from management and member at the beginning of the project, you should work throughout to sustain it. You can do this by keeping them n the loop and ensuring that they know the latest developments, risks, issues and achievements. This is very important for a successful project management.
2. Describe Goals, objectives and scope
The scope of a project describes what business processes and areas will be influenced. Describe it correctly and convey it to all the members. To prevent any doubt, don’t be scared to say what is not included in the scope. Once mentioned, handle the scope wisely to prevent any “creep”, or broadening of that the project will include. The sponsor or customer should accept changes to the scope, which will definitely mean that the project has to be created all over again and cost has to be planned again. Don’t fall for changed scope without project re-planning.
The customer should explain the complete business goal for the project, the final game that it will accomplish. Once you are familiar with the overall goal, then you can define the business and technical objectives of the business. These objectives will contribute to the overall goal of achievements. They will act as the foundation for high level projects.
Click here to read more.
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