5 Tips for Successful Project Management

As a business owner, you’re always plotting out that next big project, as well as what technology you need to implement to make it happen. Today, we want to give you some pointers on what you should strive for with your project management, as well as discuss how you can make it easier by working with a managed service provider like us. We’ll go over how you can improve the odds of your project’s success, implement tools that will make the process easier, and common-sense practices that will help your team carry out the project in record time.

Start With a Plan

This first step is essential if you want to hit the ground running with a project. You’ll want to know who’s involved, do your research into how viable the project is, ensure that it has the support it needs to see it through to completion, and look into the resources you’ll need to carry it out. Do all of this before the work even begins so you don’t waste valuable time and energy on a project that’s doomed to failure. Most importantly, you’ll want to have a clear idea of who is responsible for what work and a detailed timeline to completion.

Identify Your Project Manager

Projects might be carried out through team collaboration, but that team often needs someone at the helm to steer it in the right direction. Assign a project manager to a team to ensure it’s carried out effectively. This project manager should be able to understand the team dynamics and act as a mentor and leader to your group, as well as function as the point of contact for that specific project.

Determine Specific Milestones

Benchmarks help you determine whether you’re seeing progress toward the successful implementation of a project. To help determine these benchmarks, or milestones, it helps to establish metrics for how you’re measuring success. You can then check in on the status of these milestones to make sure the project is on time and on budget.

Manage the Risks

Projects rarely go fully according to plan, so your implementation should be designed with the intent of managing and mitigating risk. We recommend you keep communication transparent and open throughout the project management process, as this will help to limit misunderstandings and mistakes.

Evaluate Your Project

Evaluation is not something that happens at the end of a project, but throughout its implementation. Pay attention to each and every aspect of the project to determine what you might do to improve your process for next time. The goal here is to determine whether or not you’re getting your return on investment. You might have a goal in mind for your ROI, so take some time to objectively evaluate your project to see if it lived up to your expectations.

If this sounds like a lot to handle, especially for IT, you can call in your reinforcements by reaching out to WatchPoint Solutions. We can help you carry out any IT project implementation. To learn more, call us at (848) 202-8860 today.