Eric Morkovich | Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices - Part 17

Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices

Author: Eric Morkovich

How to Fight Incorrect Project Management - Mistakes

How-to Guides

How to Fight Incorrect Project Management and Get Back on Track

Have you ever faced the situation when your project was going swimmingly well but then suddenly, for some unknown reasons, you have found yourself out of budget, behind the schedule, and with no idea of what to do next? Such a situation is caused by incorrect project management, which means you have made some critical mistakes when initiating, planning and/or executing project activities. Here’s a 6-step guide that will tell you how to fight incorrect project management. The guide will show you what to do when your project goes wrong.

The plan and process of risk management

PM Tips & Ideas

Defining Risk Management Plan and Process Lifecycle

The gurus of project management point out that a sound risk management plan can decrease the rate of project failure by as much as 60-70 percent. Such a plan in combination with a well-defined risk management process will help the project manager and senior stakeholders to identify and solve most potential problems and also anticipate and respond to changes occurring throughout the project lifecycle. Planning for risk management appears to be critical to project success, allowing the team to prevent loss and avoid jerk reactions.

Managing virtual teams

Teamwork & Leadership

Virtual Teams – Definition, Management, Benefits, and Improvement

Today most business organizations involved in project management prefer building virtual teams and remote groups for managing outsourced projects and overseas activities. Virtual team management appears to be the way to organize and coordinate the activities of team members being in different locations. The importance of virtual team management and building takes the primary role when there’s a need to control the effort and time of remote workers.

Using Project Implementation Plan to Produce Deliverables

PM Tips & Ideas

Using Project Implementation Plan to Produce Deliverables

As an effective project manager, you always strive at organizing scarce project resources, working under tight deadlines, applying reactive decision making, controlling project change, and generating maximum team performance. All the actions are about implementation of your project. Although the business case for your project has been perfectly developed and you have reached an agreement with the project stakeholders, implementing the project may turn into a complicated task that you are hardy to complete.