The following list has listed some of the most common project management mistakes that people tend to make when driving projects. We hoped this list would help identify some of the common areas where bugs and errors normally occur. All these mistakes can surely be avoided if each of us pays extra attention to important details. Avoiding these common mistakes will inevitably increase the success rate of a project.
1. Lack of resources with the right skills to help with the project:
Impact: Misallocation of resources is one of the most critical mistakes made in project management. Getting the right people with the right skill set in the right place (job/task) at the right time is essential and necessary. In times of resource constraint, management will try to entice anyone to run and drive any ad hoc project, as long as they have the bandwidth at the time.
– Proposal: Management should support this by providing necessary support such as: hiring consultants, external vendors, hiring contractors, adequate and legitimate resources and sent their potential people for useful and effective trainings. Managers of people and organizations will need to synchronize people and projects as best they can.
2: Lack of an experienced project manager with the necessary project management skills
Impact: Projects can easily get out of control without having a good project manager closely monitoring project progress.
– Proposition: An experienced project manager with an accredited program management certificate will definitely add value to drive project success. From experience and exposure, an experienced project leader can easily pinpoint some of the potential areas from which gaps typically arose. A good project manager excels at managing people and communicates well with different levels of people throughout the organization.
3. Lack of Traceability on the frequent changes made to the project
Impact: The budget, resources and schedule will be affected by this.
Proposal: Changes cannot be added to the scope after the deadline. After the deadline, any urgent changes/requirements will need to go through the appropriate process to obtain all necessary approvals before they are reviewed. Only urgent requests with duly justified support will be considered. The change request committee will review only prioritized change requests.
4. Problems are ignored
Impact: Problem areas that were ignored or pushed aside will not disappear overnight. Any trivial problem can become a serious problem if it is not resolved as soon as possible.
Proposal: Problems are inevitable in any project. The best thing to do is to run as many tests as possible to stimulate and validate before the actual deployment is here.
5. Without proper planning
Impact: Planning is crucial. The scope and goals of the project should be clearly defined during the planning phase. Without a proper plan (in which both parties commit, such as the project manager and stakeholders), no project can move forward, as there is no synergy between team members and no firm strategy to which the team adheres. can hold on tight. a.
Proposal: One way to develop more potential managers is to equip them with the right knowledge by enrolling them in project management courses and providing them with the essential knowledge. You will benefit from these programs on how effective and powerful ‘planning’ is and how it should be carried out.
6. They don’t see dependencies between projects.
Impact: 99% of an organization’s projects are interdependent. Project managers should keep this in mind whenever they request new requirements or changes, as these may affect others as well.
Proposal: Project managers must have a high-level, comprehensive view of what is happening in the organization. Other than that, constant engagement with stakeholders, key business teams will add value in holistic planning of organization projects.
7. Communication problems.
Impact: Communication is the key to any project. Good communication is essential for any project, no matter how big or small. Everyone has a responsibility to ensure that the messages they communicate are clear and correct across project teams.
Proposal: A project manager needs to have great communication skills with the right attitude. However, it is almost impossible to avoid communication problems in a project team, especially in a large project with many participants. Therefore, it is important to create an easy and open atmosphere between team members and the project leader so that communication goes both ways.
8. Some key dependencies have been overlooked,
Impact: The key dependencies with their impacts could be:
– Commitment of resources: Like test and development resources, they will be severely limited if proper planning is not done before projects.
– Preparation of the test environment: Many times, people realize that they do not have a test environment or that the test environment is not ready a week or two before the test begins. This will cause terrible problems throughout the project milestone.
