Though there is no panacea to these inevitable outcomes, it’s important to take a look back on the cornerstones that define effective and success-prone project management.
Ultimately project management like most disciplines, requires just that-discipline. This discipline of mindset far outweighs any single tool, or management fad with a catchy name. The PMBOK or The Project Management Body of Knowledge is a good reference guide to begin, refocus, or sharpen your project management mindset.
Here are some key attributes of the Project Manager mentality:
1. A solid understanding and vigilant re-education in the discipline, the science, and the are of project management and it’s key knowledge and practice areas.
2. The experience and wherewithal to not attack a project with everything and the kitchen sink and instead being able to pick out the appropriate tools for improving implementation and the planning of the project.
3. Understand the dynamics of a team, and serve as the glue that holds the members together.
4. The ability to incorporate the new methodologies with the old on the fly.
5. People, People, People! A knack...