Project Manager Survival Guide

Author: James
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Being just a competent project manager is not enough; you must also become a great project manager. Now, this book shows you how to achieve this goal! The primary principle of project planning is: those who do the specific work should create the corresponding part of the project plan; clearly understand what stakeholders expect from your performance and strive to meet their expectations; you cannot be perfect in every aspect. Conduct a self-assessment. For roles you are not very good at, seek help from team members; clearly identify high-priority tasks and focus on them; the fact that management hasn’t spent much time on planning doesn’t mean the project manager can abandon planning: if you don’t have a plan, you don’t have control! Take the initiative. Don’t wait for others to tell you what to do; take responsibility for your actions and fight for the power you deserve. The worst that can happen is getting a slap on the wrist; there is an important point: the performance of your boss (in our case, the project manager) directly affects the performance of your employees. When you think their work is excellent, let them know. Project Management Series. In today’s turbulent economic environment and highly competitive society, we are constantly feeling the threat of competitors. In this deadly workplace competition, they are always watching and trying to replace us at every opportunity. As a project manager, you not only face threats from the external environment but also bear overwhelming work pressure. Every project must strive to reduce costs, use fewer resources, and increase profits. Do you often feel overwhelmed by project challenges, or do you always have the sense that one crisis follows another. How can you survive and thrive in this "treacherous and thorny" "jungle"? Author James P. Lewis breaks away from the monotonous and lengthy preaching found in most books, sharing his 15 years of experience as a project manager and 22 years of training and consulting experience in project management with a humorous tone and delicate touch: project problems are people problems; don’t complain about fate; only action will be rewarded; without a plan, there is no control; be proactive, not reactive; take responsibility and fight for power; all actions only make sense from the perspective of the executor; what people fear is rejection, what they need is acceptance; communication skills are one of the skills a project manager must possess.