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Prince2 Project Management Plan

 What is the difference between a project plan and a project?  Think about it for a second.  Do you need a plan to finish a project?  No, but you’ll find hundreds of articles saying that you do.  Why you ask?  The business world at its core is extremely short-selling and therefore, you’ll need guidelines for how to ‘not screw it up’ when the work really starts at the beginning. As on a PRINCE2 Foundation training glasgow.  Unlikely any set of suggestions will give you a step-by-step structure for managing your process.  Constantly changing processes when new technologies are added allows an entrepreneur more time control during the critical start-up moments.  As you are able to understand this dynamic landscape, and you begin your first few projects, you’ll do yourself a disservice by not understanding the answer to a single fundamental question:

What are the steps involved in any project?

What is required to implement project management into your business?  Step 1, identify your team.  Step 2, determine what roles/responsibilities you want to have for each team member covering everything from the time of ramp-up, financials to reporting (captive managing potential disasterProofing the business?    Of course you will.  No need to slow down in the ‘improve a process’ phase of your business.  However, the answer to the question for many smaller entities is in the form of the dreaded ‘budget packet’.  It does not change for ANY agency for long.  Small businesses are often strong at devoting scarce resources to the tasks that drive the business, therefore leaving too little time to ensure that the people and resources required are performing optimally.  Often the growth of the business may come faster when people are able to work side by side and not as an afterthought.  Where one decides to delegate, he or she does not ensure that the individual has the experience or skill set to complete delegated responsibilities, therefore there are likely to be errors.  Unfortunately, with prudent development of an induction training program, attempt at walking the path to a successful personal project management plan, many of these issues are resolved, or at least alleviated.  You have a viable problem, and good preparation for your team.  Large corporations seem to be able to alter their own plans so that they encompass the entire project life-cycle.  But, this is not true of the person in your particular role as project manager.  Regardless of size, deals, or capabilities, you are in a unique position to deliver a more optimized, streamlined approach for the project.

So now, you can begin to better understand what it means to transfer project management.  If you are in a managerial role, this may be easier.  But, if you are not completely comfortable with that position, it will most likely be a while before you are.  You need to transfer you mindset as a simple project manager to an individual.  No more, you want to transfer your all of your energies as a project manager into a very simple role:  Just think simple instead of complex.  Let’s keep our ‘no-nonsense’ attitude.  There are always shortcuts to success, and you can compare the look of a project with all of the effort it has taken you to do them.  Consider any in your circle of influence and you will find them at the top of the list.  But, in the end, the most important part of project management is learning to identify and envision the end result of the project you are tasked to complete; it is here where your project managers expectations are tested to their maximum capacity.  My hope is that the tips offered are not a sign of ‘overkill’ or ‘doubled AMC costs’, but are a sign of simplicity.  Simplicity for a project is attained through communication that is inclusive of the people involved to maximize its scheduling capabilities.

The Walyle Effect:  Without the right people, who do what, the right tools for a project are at a minimum.

My biggest disclaimer in regards to this article is that while I have an extensively positive view of project managers, I must say they are the gauge for a project as a whole.  I feel the burden is on management to oversee the project by meeting important criteria no matter who is leading the effort.  But, in my experience, it is the ‘right’ project manager that has everything covered in the best possible manner, and knows how to handle key points along the way.  While project management is a simple process, all the signs must be seen in the right directions or you’ll lose the effort of the project, and in the end those who benefit from it the most.  However, I believe that everyone can develop skills within project management, and even leaders need to establish certain preconditions for a good management structure in order to be effective and efficient.