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Ten rules for project management
This document outlines 10 rules for effective project management: 1. Adopt practices that explore different perspectives from team members to gain diverse insights. 2. Stay closely aligned with customer needs and concerns, and be willing to adjust the project based on their feedback. 3. Care for the well-being of the project team members and acknowledge their unique skills and personalities. 4. Keep focused on fulfilling the overall promises of the project by regularly reviewing goals with the team.
Ten rules for project management
- 1. Ten Rules forProject Management Paul Cristian Onofrei
- 2. 10. Adopt practicesfor exploring a variety of perspectives – We see only what we think – Make a habit to inquire what others see – More people => more perspectives 9. Stay close to your customer – Concerns from the part of the client evolves over the life of the project – Over-deliver to have an advantage – Stay in a conversation with the client for adjustment on what you are doing
- 3. 8. Take careof your project team – To take care of the client we must first take care of the project team – It comes down to taking care of each member acknowledging his/her unique personality – Bring their various interests intro coherence 7. Keep your eye on the overall project promises – Project work can be difficult – Easy to loose sight of what we are doing and why – Remind yourself and your team of the promises
- 4. 6. Build relationshipintentionally – Team members are initially strangers – To do great work you need people who care about each other – Start your projects by first building relationship among team members 5. Tightly couple learning with action – Projects are wonderful opportunities to learn – Make a habit out of incorporating learning loops in all your project activities – every one will benefit from this
- 5. 4. Coordinate meticulously – Project = ever-evolving network of commitment – Make the critical conversations – Without this, your project will drift 3. Collaborate. Really collaborate – Plan with the performers of the plan – Don’t wait to collaborate. Start out this way – Continue collaborating through the project
- 6. 2. Listen generously – People don’t know how to communicate effectively – Be patience; listen carefully and ask questions – Seek others opinion – Don’t be harsh on yourself 1. Embrace uncertainty – Expect the unexpected – Anticipate to learn about promises and how to deliver on them – On setback review the other nine rules
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