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About Project Management
by Rudolf Friedrich
About Project Management
Project management is about the management of change, about managing time, scope, and resources at the same time. The underlying assumption of project management is that the project can be planned and then this plan becomes the guide to execute the project. It comprise a series of activities to plan and follow the execution of a project.
Lets look at a definition: "Project management is a methodical approach to planning and guiding project processes from start to finish."
First: Project Management is always done, you see all projects are managed in one way or another, but not all are successful. Basically it is plain, common sense, a structured approach to what you would do instinctively.
Why then fail so many projects? A common mistake made in project management is setting objectives without understanding scheduling and resource requirements. Mostly the people involved, underestimate the magnitude of project management and other reasons like poor knowledge, poor policy or the lack of enforcement of the policy and involved procedures, lack of planning.
As a consultant keep in mind to organize projects into discrete units and analyze cost and other necessary resources, structures and dependencies which is a prerequisite for estimating, planning and control. The dependencies are clear, without estimating no scheduling without scheduling no control. Scheduling without resource allocation is no scheduling at all. It depends on the availability of qualified personnel, equipment etc. short, all the resources needed to finish the task in the planned time period. There is a great number of software packages on the market to help you in all aspects of project management. Keep in mind, that besides the tools needed, all the resources available, the most important asset in project management is the people involved. In the light of this, project management is more a philosophy of management, it deals with managing human beings towards the accomplishment of given tasks in a given time. As such, project management will only be as effective as the people involved. Therefore one of the most important skill for successful project management is communications. When you communicate, keep in mind that it is vitally necessary to decipher the non-verbal as well as the verbal language. Of course it is difficult to stay tuned into the audience, but this will make you a better communicator. There are two components to good communication skills, the skills themselves, and our intention when and how we use them.
Successful project management is one of the greatest challenges for managers and the team involved.
Rudolf Friedrich has an university degree in information science and worked in this industry for different companies and in different countries, including the Soviet Union, until 1990. Since then he works as a self employed business consultant and coach. He embraces the servant leadership philosophy and serves as a catalyst for free enterprise, small business and economic development. Rudolf works with growth–oriented companies in technology, manufacturing, entertainment and food industries. His lastest effort have been towards helping others develop a financially viable consulting business. To learn more go to his website: http://www.developeaconsultingbusiness.com
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