Project
Management is one of the important aspects of any marketing journey, getting it
wrong impact the entire essence of the plan. Especially small business owners
have to be extra careful as the mistakes committed are the same when they start
a business. Proper planning and understanding of business is what make a
project or a business successful.
So
for your further convenience let me discuss four common mistakes and solutions
while implementing a successful Project Management.
1. Setting Project Goals:
Treat
it similar as to how you shall treat to your new business. Everything starts
with a clearly defined Goal and to achieve those goals there has to
standardized procedure. Just imagine the confusion that might be created when
everybody starts working on a project under project management software, some
of which do not have business dashboards for project team members to refer to
as the project continued.
Solution:
Take some time out and set out a well defined approach, with some kind of
project management software that works well with your company.
2. Choosing Right Team Members:
The
most important part of any project management team. Efforts of the rightly
chosen team members are directly proportional to success of the project. Some
business people fail to ascertain the fact that every individual have to
contribute towards project.
Solution:
Every team member should have the job description before being hired, with
proper tasks and responsibilities.
3. Avoid Over Management of Project:
Micro
managing projects has sometimes ruined the best of projects that could have
completed successfully.
Solution:
Set project guidelines, procedures and policies, choose the team leader and
members and get out of the way. Just check in some time to analyze the progress
of the project and that’s it, Nothing more!!
4. Lack of Interest:
Failing
to participate when the team asks for input can be just as harmful. If you set
up projects policies and procedures correctly from the beginning everything can
made out with flash of minutes by looking at the reports.
Solution:
Maintain every detail, participate when required but keep a hawk’s eye in
project progress.
Hope
this read would have answered your queries about the success and minor hiccups
that you witness while implementing project management. Till then, keep
blogging!!