10 thing to improve project management

A guide for Small and Medium Sized business

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Month, day, year

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Improves collaboration in teams

Use cloud based tools to increase collaboration

Improves engagement levels

Improves stake holder communication

Cloud project management tools (saas)

Appearance of robust framework

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Maintain aSchedules or Task Lists

Maintain a schedule or task list

Does not need to be a Gantt chart

Should list all major steps (<1 day)

Cloud PPM tools can do this

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Maintain a risk management strategy

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Does not need to beScientific.

As much as Project requires

Murphy’s Law - What could go wrong will go wrong

Write it down and plan a Strategy to avoid

Do in a Group environment

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Set Milestones

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Schedule can change dynamically

Milestones as a guide post

Use for calibration or re-calibration

Align to key project deliverables

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Capture Learnings

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Write it down!

What went wrong

What could be done better

Why things went wrong

What went right?

Share & use for future reference

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Communicate with stakeholders

Social tool and cloud PPM

can help

We are not naturally good communicators

Create communication

groups

Tailor the message for relevance

Concise and frequent

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Use a qualified Project Manager

Many PM’s are not certified

AIPM, PMI, IPMA, IPM Prince2 are the largest professional bodies

CPPM, PMP, CPPD body certifications

AdvDip and MPM theoretical qualification

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Understand the reason for the project

Not often clear

What is the driver for the project?

What is the benefit?

Use to frame decisions

Financial?

Risk reduction?

Regulatory?

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Use the experts

PM is the Project Management SMEDon’t know what we don’t knowEngage any required SME

Get Projects Done!Chris O'Halloran (MAIPM)

Striking Group Pty Ltd

+61 432 023 627

www.clientsidepm.com

@strikinggroup

Thank you

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