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Practical tips to PM – 10

Now we are ready to begin the first stage – the confused stage called initial planning. Write the project goal statements and keep it clear in your mind. You are going to articulate it to so many...

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Practical tips to PM – 11

By this time you as Project Manager will be introduced to a lot of people related to the project. Find out how and why they are stakeholders in your project. Stakeholders are people with considerable...

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Practical tips to PM – 12

We were talking about power play and politics. They cannot be wished away. Consider these projects: > Running a hotel > Starting a school > An ERP implementation > Producing a movie and...

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Practical tips for PM – 13

Sorry, I couldn’t get back to this series for a while. Let’s start where we left. We were talking about project politics. The best way to tackle politics is obviously open and honest communication....

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Practical tips for PM – 14

We were talking about building relationships. The one practical tip here is “Remember the names”. The sweetest syllable to the ear of any man or woman is their name. Write down the names of your team...

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Practical tips for PM – 15

Now I am teaching for PMP, I saw a major difference between PMBOK 3rd and 4th edition. In scope, risk, cost, communication and in all 6 processes of project integration area they have added “expert...

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Practical tips for PM – 16

I like this quote from Francis Bacon “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read,...

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Practical tips for PM – 17; PM is the star in an organization

Though customer is the key stakeholder and what makes customer happy is timely deliveries, the role of a PM is not just taking care of deliveries. It is to involve all the stakeholders (customers, team...

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Practical tips for PM – 18

As a PM, even after you organize work as project and plan for everything including risk responses, the success of the project highly depends on how much you can convince your team to work for you and...

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Practical tips for PM – 19; Leadership styles…contd

In the context of PMBoK, I had only learnt about the different leadership styles that I discussed in the last post. In the Laserwords PMP program, Mr.Chandra Kalluri VP-HR, Laserwords explained the...

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Practical tips for PM – 20; How are you different?

In his book ‘High performance entrepreneur’ Subroto Bagchi talks about six areas in which a company should differentiate their service, product from the already existing competitors. The six areas are...

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Managing risks

The term ‘risk’ is defined in financial terms as ‘the chance that an investment’s actual return will be different than expected’. But in Project Management Body of Knowledge, project risks are defined...

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