Want to be respected by your team members and other stakeholders? The most effective way to make them feel heard is to engage in active listening, which goes beyond hearing what people say. It’s understanding their meaning, intent, and the project implications. This Project Pointers provides several active listening habits to embrace.
Leadership skills play a significant role in being an effective project manager. Based on poll results, this is the second in a series of articles on leadership skills that help project managers succeed. To get and maintain stakeholders’ support and to be effective leaders in projects, project managers have to communicate accurately and diligently.
Based on poll results, this is the first in a series of articles on leadership skills that help project managers succeed. Leadership skills play a significant role in being an effective project manager. Because organizations launch projects to deliver value to the business, this Project Pointer describes what project managers can do to focus on the business’s goals and strategies.
Hybrid projects (combining traditional and agile methods) are becoming the norm. As a result, you need some changes to Key Process Indicators (KPIs) to manage the success of this type of project. This Project Pointer describes several KPIs that help measure performance for a hybrid project environment.
Sponsors have to make critical decisions that can affect both the project and the overall business. But not all project sponsors are ready for this responsibility. As a proactive project manager, you can help. This Project Pointer explains how.
A project repository is only as good as the guidance you can pull from it. Beyond the always useful lessons learned, this Project Pointer describes other helpful information you can extract from a well-designed project data repository.
An effective project repository is designed to maximize value. It can increase foresight and provide valuable information in project deliverables such as the risk plan. This Project Pointer describes the characteristics of a well-designed project repository.
Imagine how much more you and your team could accomplish if everyone was accountable for the work they do. You can make this dream come true by creating an environment in which team members hold themselves accountable. This Project Pointer describes techniques for achieving this nirvana.
At a project start, there are things you won’t know, so you have to make assumptions. Practical and reasonable assumptions can make the difference between a project launch and “a good idea, but.” This Project Pointer lists some characteristics of useful assumptions from the ones to avoid.
Some people constantly multitask in meetings, which disrupts attendees’ attention and prevents important information from getting to the audience. This Project Pointer offers some recommendations to get people to pay attention.
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