Mix bag of Other professional ways of getting things done in Project and Operations
Mix bag of Other professional ways of getting things done in Project and Operations to avoid getting shackled in so many issue at later stage with so many reasons
Be a good Cricket opener for your team controlling the game (at the Beginning), saving your wicket and running score at steady pace. A smart project manager applies the most time and effort at the start, to prepare for a great launch, and at the finish, to meet the deadline. If you get the start right as an opener , you can let the team take on Major scoring in middle overs and hit the maximum runs in last over .
Be a Government Auditor of your plan Projects too often fail at the beginning when direction, momentum, and the right processes and controls aren’t in place. There are no clear fund allocation , no tools , no trained teams and no proper supervisor level in execution and follow up in documentation, Define al these problems and be specific what the project won’t accomplish . That way, expectations are clear from the get
Be a shameless debit collection agents who are follow up seeker on progress Once people develop a plan, they don’t monitor the changes happening that could change the plan, They will not give you a feedback also, they will give excuses of just giving ….kind hoping you will forget to seek follow up. Be assured that no employee who only plans and make big picture will never give you a feedback or share information.
Be a good Army Commander and Make an alternate and subsidiary attack plan Bs. Most projects go off the rails because “we don’t lie, but we make optimistic assumptions” about what could really go wrong, be assured that of you main attack does not go off you can attack the enemy with an alternate and subsidiary plan.
Be a financial freaky by giving impressions to Run a tight budget from beginning Don’t let expenses go overboard but also be generous without saying much if project is suffering
Get a Noah’s Arc: Take everybody with you in tide When you’re leading a project that includes employees from other departments, you may think they will cooperate fully, their egos to somebody like you who is not responsible for their leave and salary increment will stop you in tracks. Find ways and means to take them in same boat
Be a smart fire fighter Don’t do fire fighting at last minute. Devise plans to put out fire in early stage by preventive action on where a project could go wrong
Be a good tennis professional Don’t play bad tennis When people don’t understand their roles very well, things fall between the cracks. Someone thinks it’s someone else’s job. I always ask my team, ‘If you see a ball dropping, let me know, even if you don’t think it’s yours. We’ll deal with it.’”
Be a DOCTOR who identifies cause of death Always do a post-mortem of each project Taking stock of what you and your team learned from this project will make your life much easier next time. But don’t let your postmortem turn into a free-for-all. The goal is not to air any and every complaint, but to come away from the project with a clear idea of the processes that worked and those that didn’t
