Develop The Inclined Approach In Project Management

The ability to think lean, leads to the maximized productivity and Return On Investment, which organize the projects in a way to ensure maximum project success.

What is the Inclined Approach and How does it Affect the Project Management process, is the question in focus.

The inclined approach or lean thinking is the adoption of that particular attitude in all the areas of project management, right from the start and until its completion.

The fundamental purpose of the approach is to increase the worth of the project while decreasing the wastage. In other words, the project manager boosts the ROI with minimum input while the maximum value of the entire business sustains.

Adopting an inclined approach in the project management supports the project to be completed on time and within the limited budget. Less input, greater output. For the kick start with this approach, here are some useful hints to help you get along with it at first:

-          Eradicate Unexpectancies – To do this, it is highly important to evaluate the current situation regularly. It will help the manager to boost the project tracking and you would know when to switch the track to avoid any uncertainty. As you know, project management is a continuous process and requires regular evaluation too.

-          Be smart- before starting off with a project, ask first if it is really important and worth the effort? If not, then it would be a waste of your business efforts. The second question is what resources are available to you already as it would be stupidity to reinvent the wheel. Lastly, evaluate the factors which need to minimize the waste.

-          Make at Least Practical Product- Head your project at a very small level and continue to learn and evaluate the progress. When you would reach to the highest point, you may have lots of useful information regarding your project to help you in optimizing the process.

-          Authenticated Knowledge- the project manager needs to incorporate practical experiment in order to authenticate the learning and evaluate your assumptions. You cannot rely on any idea until you prove it valid with necessary experiments.

-          Develop-Evalutate-Discover – For a project manager it is crucial to never miss any chance to gather valuable information regarding the project. Make sure that you utilize all the data you have collected so far for your project and make it valuable and a complete success.

-          Standardized Projects- Project manager needs to maintain project consistency with vital aspects as decision making and fine execution. Make sure that everyone gets the standardizes rewards after the project completion. In this, the working ethic and morale plays a crucial role in lean thinking for success.

-          Spin Around- The ability to pivot the project when it is needed is always extremely practical. Sometimes the Plan A doesn’t work, stress is a must in this situation, but can be handled if the project got B,C, or D plan ready to be executed. This will help the project manager to avoid falling into the challenge. Apply the new horizon to your project that might also lead it to new heights.

Top 10 Challenges Of a Change Leader

There are certain challenges and tricks that has to be followed by the managers in order to flourish and move forward by maintaining a healthy change in the organization. An important question for managers is that are they actually developing a social network of practice or excellence origin? Below is a list for change leader and managers which sets top agents for change management. Take a look.

The Challenges!

1. Perseverance and determination. The manager needs to adhere to the way  and must be able to intervene himself with complex and difficult situations.
2. Knowledge is Power. The manager needs to be poised and organized even in the toughest of times. He must be able to manage change with structured thought and a calm attitude. And of course, use  the power of knowledge.
3. Be Positive and Be Real. Don’t just hope for the best. Prepare to make it the best and always keep an eye on the ground realities in achieving the goal.
4. Think strategically. For managers, it is crucial to set a clear path towards their goal. A plan which has to be navigated.
5. Supervise. There may be numerous ways to manage change process for a leader. But I think the best among them would be to like one for whom the whole team would willingly like to follow. The manager needs to be an example, rather than just being a boss.
6.  Think Wisely. When the change is accepted, there are obvious confusions and resistance at many levels. The managers must have an integrative thought process for this.
7. Know the organization’s cultural values. It is really important for a manager to know well about the organization’s culture. It will help him in making plans for change.
8. Be an inspiration. A good and successful manager leaves a trail behind him to be followed.
9. Great decisions. The skill to be a good decision maker is in fact very rare and that is why so much valuable. They say , good decision making comes from profound experience.
10. Relevancy matters. The change has to be relevant with every asset and resource. The smooth transition is the key to have a successful change process.

Catch you up with more! Till then share your views.

Direct the knowledge spaces

One thing is for sure, to be a successful project manager you cannot just be recognizable with the roles of project manager. You must be well aware of other responsibilities as well. But in the most common observations, a project manager mostly does things which they are familiar with and not the ones that they must do which contributes a lot to the overall success of the project.

Beside the fact, that a project manager does those tasks which they like the most or they know the best. To overcome the knowledge spaces with the team work specialization. It is essential because in order to get the real path to success, the manager must have an expert and specialized set of team members.

But nobody can be a master of everything. For this the best practice is to acquire feedbacks from the team members on a daily basis. This is a way to make them realize that they are important and are well accepted with their contributions which make a project excel and more productive.

Share with us, how do you tackle with your knowledge with that of your teammates?

The Five Core Targets of a Project Manager

The targets mentioned in today’s post are all generic and can be applied to all types of projects. No matter on which experience level of management are you, these goals will help you attain your objectives.

Target # 1 : Completion on time

Time is money. This is the oldest yet the trickiest tip for all types of organizations. Completing a goal in time, is the most difficult of tasks and require several changes and alterations to be managed effectively in order to achieve the scheduled job. To be able to succeed, the manager needs to optimize the goal very cautiously with a practical system to control changes which occurs during the project. Keeping the project up to date with total control is the key to achieve the first and the most important target.

Target # 2 Keep it in the budget

A good project manager completes his project within the limits of the project budget. To be certain that the project doesn't cost higher than the budget, the manager has to plan everything including people, resources and all types of project materials to be completely tracked to avoid any deviations.

Target # 3 Deliver what was expected

The next target is to meet the expected outcome for which the project was started in the first place. To achieve this, the manager need to make sure that all the requirements are clear and available before the beginning of the project in order to achieve the desired goal without vague and confusing set of details that hinders the attainment of the main aim. So make sure that all the pre-requisites are at your disposal.

Target # 4 Keep stakeholders content

A manager can achieve all the targets well but still faces unhappy stakeholders. Why? Because sometimes there expectations fails from the project due to many reasons.

To make sure that the end user is content and satisfied with the whole project, the manager needs to concentrate on their level of expectations and manage them with equal interest. Keeping them posted about the project details and progress and get their inputs more often.

Target # 5 Build a happy team

Last but not the least, a happy team is the only strong source of all the targets to be achieved. Being a project manager it is better to know the entire team, their requirements and issues. Remember your team satisfaction is the first step in a project’s success.

A proper rewarding structure for employees to motivate them of their best achievements is always a good way to boost their morale and to create a sound relationship with them.

Let me know if there is anything else in your mind.