Project Management Mentoring

Project Management Mentoring

When I was cutting my teeth as a new project manager, I was constantly making things up and trying to do what I thiught I needed to do. I didn't have much for training and was focusing on what I thought were the right things. I was lucky because the projects I was managing were small and didn't a whole lot of complexity. I was also able to leverage my technical development background and make up for my lack of project management expertise and experience. I would have loved to have a project management mentor to help me do the right things at the right time. I would suggest that most companies team experienced project mangers with junior project managers. this will help spread the wealth of knowledge to those who have just entered the profession.

And it will help ensure their project are successful as well.

Brian Price

Project SWAT Team

Microsoft Project is not Project Management

Microsoft Project-Terrible for Project Planning

The tools is adequate for project tracking, but when it comes to planning, get your head out of the tool. Good project management should focus on the activities that communicate and lead the understanding of the project for the entire team. Getting caught up in the tasks, dependencies, links etc. within project are a distraction at the wrong time.

All the tools and techniques within for project management profession are designed to help facilitate and communicate the understanding of the project to all stakeholders. Diving into a tool really takes your focus away from what is important.

Project Charter

The project Charter is one of the most important deliverables a project manager can deliver. It is a great way to ensure that all stakeholder including the business sponsors are on board before any work is completed. With out it, a project manager may have a misunderstanding with the scope of a project and therefor the ultimate solution is at risk.

Project Managment Charter, don't start a project without one. By the way, it can be a single page document. But make sure you business exectives sign off.

Brian Price