These days, project managers can encounter a few problems
that happen to almost everyone in the market. Projects can be delayed, exceed
budget, and in many cases, projects don’t come out as designed. In fact, did
you know that 68 percent of projects either fail or are seriously challenged?
So, why is this is happening? With over 10 years of
experience in the project management industry, Yarn Sinai, founder of web-based
project management tool Elemtool, has discovered the secrets to solving these
problems. Here are easy steps every PM can take to make their projects
successful based on Sinai’s new book, “The Project Management Formula:
The Five Steps to Complete Your Project on Time.”
“We all run projects as part of our daily life activities.
Let’s say a fun dinner party is a project. This project includes several tasks
and people and can be run using common management concepts,” wrote Sinai.
These steps will drastically change your thinking about how
you invest your time, what you focus your energy on and what’s really important
when it comes to managing projects:
Step 1 - Define
project objectives and collect requirements. Not defining the project’s objectives
is the number one reason why projects fail.
Step 2 - Define
the priority of the requirements and features. Identify the requirements
that are most important to achieving the project’s success -those should be
marked as the highest priority features.
Step 3 - Planning
iterations. Iteration is defined as the act of repeating a process with
the aim of approaching a desired goal, target or result.
Step 4 - Running
the iterations. With the iteration schedule ready and all the tasks
assigned to team members, each person should be tackling their tasks.
Step 5 - Present
the product to the client. At the end of each iteration you should meet
with the client to present the features that were developed. Having a
straightforward formula to follow will help you stay on track and eliminate any
difficulties that may arise.
Amanda Ciccatelli,
Social Media Strategist at IIR USA in New York City, has a background in
digital and print journalism, covering a variety of topics in business
strategy, marketing, and technology. She previously worked at Technology
Marketing Corporation as a Web Editor where she covered breaking news and
feature stories in the tech industry. She can be reached
at aciccatelli@iirusa.com. Follow her at @AmandaCicc.
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