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Project managers: Overtime is offset by "undertime"
An occasional pressure increase and overtime can be useful tactics to keep people focused and increase the perception that their work is important, but prolonged pressure is always a mistake.
It has been shown that overtime is offset by fewer productive hours, or under-time.
Project managers should work through a credible planning
A project manager cannot be proactive without an up-to-date and credible plan, i.e. without knowing what is going to happen on their project next week, next month, etc. This is serious. Not only because doing otherwise tells people you are an ineffective...
Fundamentals on business goals
When running a company, it is important to have precise and correct information on how our business is being operated. A large part of business management is focused on the strategic approach to that business. However, implementation that follows the...
The defensive project management
It makes good sense for you as a project manager to take a defensive posture in most areas of risk. These are common risk mitigation techniques a project manager should use. There is one area, though, where defensiveness will always backfire: You cannot protect yourself against your own people’s incompetence. If your own people are not up to the job at hand, you will fail.
Tips for project managers
Being a project manager has a lot to do with attitude. An effective project manager must believe in their role and do it well. What would novice project manager do? Consider a fictional dialogue below. These would be the questions I would have asked when I...