Is Project Communication Important


Inter department is not communicating to one another.

Each individual department creates their own silo database system.
In fact, such system information is useful to other department but was not shared across.

Analyst department creates a system to record the various component of an equipment.
Supply Chain creates a similar system to monitor the stocks level for individual equipment.
The project management team will use these good data to schedule the deployment strategy.
For project planning, the team can start deploying sites that has the full equipment on hand.

The project team is able to inform the client what are the possible stock level available and
how much to deploy to the client. How much time is needed to wait for the accessories to be delivered.

Unfortunately, there is an internal communication not being carried out thus every department will creates their own system. Thus the project management team will have to visit 2 different department for similar queries.
This causes much time been wasted and not able to utilize the time for other project activities.

Thus the company do not have a consistent information and not able to support the external clients instantly.

Have you come across such a scenarios previously?

How do you resolve?
What is your suggestion?

Please a comment if you have such encounter.

 

Managing Team Members with Negative Mindset


Working with a negative coworker is always hard and sometimes unbearable.  To hear constant complaints and their work responsibilities can take its toll on you.  Here are some ways to combat your coworker’s negativity and keep yourself motivated:

1. Talk to your coworker.  Her negativity could be stemming from things going on in her personal life and she may need someone to talk to.  Ask her what she does like about the job to refresh her views on what she wants out of this job.

2. Show her other options.  Present to her different ideas she could do to help combat her complaints.  Is she getting overwhelmed with her responsibilities?  Let her know you could assist her.  Are her responsibilities not challenging enough?  Suggest being proactive with her boss about tackling other duties.  Does she not enjoy this job anymore?  Perhaps it is time to start fresh at a new job.

3. Give her praise and recognition.  She may be the type of person who needs to hear positive feedback and recognition for her work, so, show her you see that.  Your positive outlook and feedback will shine through given time. 

4. Stay motivated.  Keep strong in your career aspirations and your quality of work.  Do not let someone bring you down from your goals in your career.  Your boss will see this and in time it will pay off.

 

Five Fundamentals for Project Managers


Adopt practices for exploring a variety of perspectives.
We think we see what we saw, but we don’t. We really see what we think. Remember the blind men and the elephant. Make it your habit to inquire what others see. You’ll see more together.

There is a saying, 1 person to see near; 2 people will see farther.
As a project manager, you will need to be a few steps ahead of the team, pre-empt the team from unpleasant circumstances. Here are few tips for you to consider.

1.     Stay close to your customer.

Clients’ concerns evolve over the life of a project.  Do not under-deliver or over-promise. Instead over-deliver what you had promised earlier. Stay close to your stakeholders and update them the progress, check with them what they do really want. Ensure they do not give you any surprises in the project delivery process.

2.     Take care of your project team.

Ensure the project team is able to deliver what the project requester wants. Do not over-strained the project team. It is the project manager’s responsibility to take care of the team member welfare in terms of mentally and physically. As a project manager, he needs to bring unity to the team and move forth to accomplish the project common goal.

3.     Build relationships intentionally.

Every team member is different. They do have different skill set and different personality. Thus it is a blessing to have all the different expertise to be in a project team. It is good to build and foster good working relationship in order to strengthen the team spirit.

4.     Tightly couple learning with action.
Every project is different. Even the end result is the same, but the environment is different, unique team member involved. There are always unique lessons to be learned in every project. Do jot down every precious lessons and share among the project team. Every stakeholder in the team will appreciate it. Most important, you can refer this as a guideline for subsequent project managers and also a template for those who are taking over the project.

5.     Collaborate. Really collaborate.

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack. Do not wait till the end or project had already been in the half way mark, and then you start to seek other team member stakeholder to come for rescue. Do it at the beginning. Start to collaborate right from the start and hope to extend the spirit in the next projects.

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