What Does Good Project Management Look Like?
People often ask what the value of a project manager is. When Project Management is done well:
- We meet business objectives
- We can resolve problems and issues
- We can satisfy stakeholder expectations
- We manage the project constraints (Cost, Schedule, Resources, Scope)
- We can identify, recover or terminate failing projects.
However, when Project Management is done badly, it soon becomes very obvious. Have you ever been on a project where it is not being run effectively? You might see:
- Cost Overruns
- Missed deadlines
- Poor Quality and rework
- Unsatisfied stakeholders
- Uncontrolled expansion of the project scope
- Failure to achieve the project objectives
Use the Project Manager Competency Triangle to Win:
There are three major areas of competency that a Project Manager needs to ensure they stay on the “Good project management” side of the equation. They are:
- The Project Management Process
- The Business Environment
- People Skills
We need the Project Management Process (from the PMBOK Guide, 6th Ed or the Process Groups Practice Guide) so we know all the steps to effectively delivering value and change.
We need knowledge of the Business Environment because we need to understand the value that we are delivering, and be able to help the team solve problems as they arise.
Lastly we need People Skills in order to build and grow an effective team, manage stakeholders and their expectations, lead as well as manage, shield the team from external politics, and ensure everyone is doing their part.
See more Project Management Picture Concepts:
- How The Cost of Quality Increases On Your Project
- How to Measure Business Value for Your Project (NPV, ROI and more!)
- Scrum Roles & Responsibilities
- The Change Control Process in Project Management
- Prototypes in a Waterfall or Agile Project
- Agile Estimating Techniques – Planning Poker and More
- Good versus Bad Project Management
- Benchmarking: How To Do It
- Project Management Office (PMO) Types
- Project Benefit Types – Tangible and Intangible
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