Project managers and their team members dread the prospect of failure because of its personal and professional implications. But while everything that can go wrong will go wrong in any project – it’s Murphy’s Law, after all – the best project managers adopt effective and efficient measures to avoid project failure.
Keep in mind that project failure can mean different things to the different stakeholders. Project failure can mean the failure to deliver based on the agreed quality, schedule and cost, it can be the failure to yield the desired positive results for the end users, or it can be the failure to complete the project.
An interesting thing about projects is that everyone is involved in one. Most times in more than one!
Well, dig a bit and you are amongst chaos right from conflicting project deadlines, resource sharing, project priorities and associated interdependencies.
What does this entail for our tech project managers?
To start with they too aren’t spared as the tech project managers themselves are at the helm of multiple projects needing their attention on priority.
So, it is not only about managing the projects they are responsible for but dividing their own efforts towards various initiatives.
All of these while ensuring nothing falls through the cracks!
This calls for the project managers to be at the top of their game with excellent project management skills in action at all times.
IT Project Managers must employ a mix of intelligent project management software, robust resource management strategies and the right project management methodologies at their disposal.
In this article, I would like to share snippets on proven tips based on real world experiences.
