Procurements and the cause of a project to fail. Procurement involves establishing a relationship with a vendor to build the project’s deliverables, if a wrong vendor is selected, the entire project will be threatened, the project manager has to have robust knowledge and vast experience with the procurement process.
Procurement is one of the most crucial stages for any project, in which the vendor is selected and sometimes the technology is getting selected or recommended by the vendor, if you do not select the right vendor, chances are your project will be a failure. Let’s have a look at the causes under the procurement process
1. Fragile Procurement Process
You must follow a procurement process. Never jump into selecting a vendor without planning how you will select a vendor, while some project managers may ignore the process for small projects, following a process is not some kind of bureaucracy as many people claim, a process has always to be there but the depth and complexity of the process can vary, for small project it has to be a lightweight one but for large projects it has to be a solid process, each and every organization has its own scale that defines the level of the project whether small, medium, or Large Enterprise (SMEs). (more…)
Through the years I have seen many people who use Microsoft Project (aka project management software) and claim they are project managers, I have also seen PMP certified people who don’t know the basics of Microsoft Project, and sadly I have seen project managers who are managing projects and don’t know the theory nor the software!
Project management software does not make you a project manager it may help you schedule project activities but will not make you manage a project successfully, the problem with the project management profession is that many people think they can do it, they think it is only supervising people who can do the work and submissively obey all requests, this is not project management, project management is more complicated than this, in the following examples I will just scratch the surface of project management: (more…)
7 Habits of Highly Effective Project Managers :
1) Be Proactive
2) Think about the end in the beginning
3) Put First Things First
4) Think 0f Win/Win
5) Seek to understand , then to be understood
6) Synergize
7) Sharpen your skills
Project Scheduling is the process identifying and organizing the tasks of a project into a sequence of events ensuring a harmonious completion of the venture. These events are dependent on the results of their preceding activities, thus interlinking all the activities of the project. This interdependency provides for a major need of effective project scheduling.
Project Scheduling enables the project manager to identify risk points, understand the proper linkage of events, assists in resource planning and allows the Project Manager to establish goals for the team and the project. (more…)
In order to organise your time and work for the project you have, set up milestones and define a deliverable for each major milestone. They enable the progress of the project to be easier measured and controled.
1. A milestone is a sort of deadline inside of the project for a certain task.
2. Milestones keep projects on track
3. Milestones are also good when you have to devide the work for the team members.
If you want to use a Project Management Tools and Techniques How To Use it in correct way to improve your project success, then you’re at the right place.
What is a methodology?
A project methodology tells you what you have to do, to manage your projects from start to finish. It describes every step in the project life cycle in depth, so you know exactly which tasks to complete, when and how.
Whether you’re an expert or a novice, it helps you complete tasks faster than before.
What is a Project Management Tools ?
Tools are the means that help managers and the team members successfully plan, manage and execute the different tasks involved in each project. (more…)
