Friday 3 May 2013

Facts About Project Management Tools For Your Project Success



Every project is unique in the problems that arise, the environment in which it operates, the priorities and resources assigned it, and the project manager's attitude and style used to guide and control project activities. A good and effective project management has to be robust and fast. It requires having Scheduling, Resource allocation, Collaboration, costing control, Budget management, Communication, Documentation etc.

Two major questions are there in case of a project management,

·         What is a project management?
The application of knowledge, techniques, skills, and tools to project activities to meet stakeholder needs and expectations from a project is called project management.

·         Why use project management tools?
Focus and clarify our thinking so that we proceed in a systematic, effective, and efficient manner and to reduce the confusion, frustration, backtracking, and errors that can be associated with developing or introducing something new.

Project management is a challenging task with a lot of responsibilities and fortunately there are many tools to assist with. These are the few steps to follow, for the usage of project management tools,

§  Establish goals for your projects.
§  Determine the type of projects that you are managing.
§  Search for the right tools that meet your needs.
§  Assign tasks to team members. You can share questions, ideas and resources.
§  Create a summery on regular basis so that you can track the progress.

1 comment:

  1. A variety of Project Management tools come and go, we need to understand their need, context to understand them and usage of them. It is not an easy task because we can make some mistakes even using tools. Some of us feel hesitant to get some guidance. This behavior should be discourage and try to learn new things.

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