A project kickoff is extremely useful to ensure that all the stakeholders are aligned to the project right during the beginning of the project itself. Hence, if utilized well, it can reap many benefits during the course of the project. So, while doing a project kick off, be aware that it can be very crucial …
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Most of the time, we face this question while tracking our projects. “Are the team members really working on the project so as to complete the deliverables on time?” If not all, the doubt comes when we observe a couple of team members giving a positive status but we do not see substantial progress in …
We all manage risks in a project and ensure we track them in every review meeting. We perform Risk analysis and come up with appropriate risk response strategies to mitigate or avoid them. But how often do we realize that risks can be positive as well. We call them opportunities. Way back in the earlier …
Project Governance provides the project team with the overall structure, processes and tools that help the team to deliver the project successfully. Though it may look similar to an organizational governance, but is distinct in the sense that it aligns with the overall organizational governance to help provide governance to the projects to help ensure …
Are you facing problems in managing stakeholders? Here are 5 tips to help you manage them better. But before that let us understand and clarify what we mean by a stakeholder. As per the PMBOK 5, a stakeholder is an individual, group, or organisation who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be …
Image by Ronald Carreño from Pixabay Link to the summarized video presentation: You just completed a sprint and you as a program/project manager know that there is a lot that can be learnt from the just completed sprint. That’s were a retrospective meeting helps. If you are clueless about how to do a retrospective, here are some tips …
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All that begins well…. ends well. How often we find this saying true. A task started well, normally ends up well, inspite of so many hurdle it faces. The same thing applies to projects as well. It is important to take care of a few things while initiating a project. And one important and key …
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How a project is managed depends a lot on how much control a project manager has on the project and that relates with the type of Organisation in which the project manager is working. There are different types of Organisations, namely: 1) Functional Organisation: In this kind of Organisation, the project team members report to …
We all follow Project Management processes in our projects. Mostly, they are tailored to meet the requirements of the project. Some projects need tighter control and more stringent processes that might have been mandated in the contract, while some need processes sufficient to self manage and execute the project to meet the deadlines and quality …
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I have seen many project managers use “To do” list in their project plan activities or tasks, and often inter use these two terms… Here is a quick clarification between the two. Project Activity or Task A project plan activity is normally derived from the work packages (the smallest unit in work breakdown structure that …
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Most Agile Scrum projects start of well with a high velocity, highly motivated team and fast paced deliverables. But then down the line it all seems to recede. However, here the problem is not with the team, culture or morale. They would presumably be in the right place since the whole purpose was being met …
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For many who are implementing Agile, they appear to communicate that they have found a panacea to all project related problems. It seems like they have found a cure for an ailing disease in project management that has myriad symptoms of delayed delivery, scope creep, poor quality, lack of communication with the customer, improper handling …
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You as a project manager have successfully completed a project and are already into the next project where the project charter has been signed and you have been appointed as the project manager. The project is authorised to kick off. Meetings with stakeholders have begun. The existing team has been released and already assigned to …
Measuring Risks & Customer Satisfaction In my previous blogs, we discussed on creating an e-PMO dashboard to view the overall status of the project through meaningful metrics across various Knowledge Areas in a project. For this, I discussed each of the areas through a series of articles. 1) How to put project metrics into effective …
Measuring the Human Factor In my previous blogs, we discussed specifically on measuring Processes & Financials(see, How to track projects using e-PMO dashboard – I and How to track projects using e-PMO dashboard – 2 ) using a consolidated e-PMO dashboard. Now, let us look at measuring the most important element of the project – …
Measuring Financials In my previous blog we discussed specifically on measuring Processes using a consolidated e-PMO dashboard. Next, let us get to know more on how we can measure and use financial measures to effectively track Projects. Re-iterating the key points for measuring project progress…. 1) Ensure that the metrics are aligned with the organisational or …
Tracking Progress Having discussed on how to track projects effectively using metrics from a PMO perspective, (see How to use Project Metrics into effective use) , let us now look into each of the measurement aspect using e-PMO dashboard. Revisiting some of the key points again…. First and foremost: 1) Ensure that the metrics are aligned …
You can watch the summarized video presentation here. What gets measured gets controlled and finally delivered!! In fact, every project manager uses some sort of statistical measurement to help track the progress and delivery of projects and programs. For this, the project manager relies on Metrics. Metrics can be used …
In one of my previous articles, I talked about using Project Management in Mobile software development. Here, I want to share about managing projects in embedded technology environments. Here again, it would be prudent to mention that the Project management processes i.e., the overall 5 core process groups of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, …
RACI stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed. Sometimes it is also referred to as RASCI – where the additional S stands for Supportive. Where:Responsible – implies the person who “owns” the project. Accountable – Person to whom R is accountable. He is normally the person who would sign off or approve …
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1) Ensure early visibility of the project and that sponsors, stakeholders and team members are all aligned. 2) Ensure that project plans have clear ownership. Adhere to relevant and tailored processes for the given project. 3) Ensure that communication plan is set-up much ahead during the initiation stage. Focus on effective communication …
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