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What Keeps You Awake at Night?
Poor Project Management
“Have a good plan, Execute it violently, Do it today” — General Douglas McArthur
The business world seems to be moving and changing faster and faster.
Companies that don’t keep up with this will fall behind their competition and the results of that could be disastrous.
As change occurs, projects are required to make those changes. There are two basic types of work in organizations; Day to day processes and projects. The day to day are those things that are done regularly, such as invoicing, paying bills, or producing a good. When a process or procedure is either added or changes, a project is needed to make that happen.
A project is done for a finite period of time. When completed, the result becomes a part of the daily work process. The project is over and those working on it move on to something else.
In order to conduct a project, you must have a project team and a Project Manager.
The team is comprised of those who will do the project work. The members should comprise the various functions needed to get the work done. The manager is the person who pulls all of these efforts together. That person doesn’t do the actual project work, but ensures that the team members do, each working in concert with…
