How to do efficiently Project Management?

Hi Paula,

Hi Gergana,

Hi Marieta,

I also agree with that organization, planning and communication are critical for managing the project. Even though  in my professional experience as a PM in Construction, I`ve seen numerous cases when very well prepared PMs fail due to  the lack of EFFECTIVE communication. 

The team members are PM’s “best management tool” in my opinion.

That is why i always put stress on:

• reading team members personality and behavior, in order to apply the most appropriate approach with them.
• detecting and avoidance of conflict persons and situations. 
• training and promoting trust and respect among the team members , as well as respectful behavior with externals.
• checking and ensuring that there is a real commitment for a respective task.

In the end of the the good PM is the one who leads its team to successful completion of a projects and is admire by his team.

Hope that will help you.

Best, 

Mihail  

Hi Paola! I am a Project Manager in a mid sized international company. From my experience so far the use of special software is not the most important thing - if the manager is organized everything can be run via excel sheet - the most important thing is to put in practice regular meetings and reviews with both project teams and steering committee. I have had experience with stakeholders that were not very collaborative - you will need to put extra effort and keep them engaged at all times otherwise you risk the successful completion of the project. Put all the meetings (daily, weekly, monthly) in the calendar way in advance so you make sure people will be available. I know people are different and work differently but of you can establish some kind of standard/best practice for your PMs it would be great! Standardization and organization are key for running projects. In terms of the software, of course its useful to have it all automated if you have the budget for that but definitely its not the most important aspect. There are very good project management courses from PRINCE2.

I think its very good you have shared your questions here - i have used Consulthon myself several times and i have been given some very good and useful ideas. Hope this helps! Cheers!

Hi Paola, 

Hi Gergana, 

Hi Marieta.

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2. Create a daily habit for your team. ...
3. Don't over complicate your projects. ...
4. Hold team members accountable for updating work. ...
5. Utilize project templates. ...
6. Communicate changes to your team. ...
7. Set appropriate expectations and stick to the

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Hi Paola, 

Hi Gergana, 

I agree with Gergana that all about PM is communication.

I would also say as a tip- make sure you control the budget carefully and if you see that the project will go outside of the limits- communicate regularly the risks, the status and the responsible.

For reporting and management purposes in your Gantt chart, you need to be able to filter the level of tasks. This means, with the responsible stakeholders- you will discuss in detail the task, progress and money spent. However, at Board/C-suite you will report the high-level areas, risks and blockers.

In some of my projects, I used HighQ and I can definitely recommend it as a collaboration tool.

Hope that helps, 

Marieta