The important thing is that work gets done and everyone is safe. But just like in life, work has inherent risks and you can never mitigate those risks to zero.
Showing posts with label Best Practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best Practices. Show all posts
Friday, July 10, 2020
COVID-19 Planning
This week I have been working on and submitting COVID-19 plans for several of the projects that I am working on. It is somewhat difficult, because there are many unknowns still and the information from official sources (CDC, WHO, and other public health authorities) is ever changing and sometime contradictory. I think the best thing to do in this situation is to develop a list of best practices, plan for this and put flexibility into the plan, and follow what has been proven to help. Let the experts battle it out on what is the truth and what is not. The important thing with any safety type plan is to make it possible to keep the project on track. If your mitigation plans are so restrictive that work cannot take place then you should think about it some more.
Saturday, April 15, 2017
They Might Be Leaders
From my experience, everyone can be a leader. There are leaders all over an organization. They lead by influence or by position. Some of them do great things and some do not so good things with their influence within the organization.
Organizations need to look to these leaders that are doing good things by trying to figure out how to replicate those good things across the organization. Replicating the best practices across the organization seems to be an easy task, but generally it is not that easy.
At the same time, the organization needs to find these leaders who are not doing those great things or even doing things that are counter to the needs of the organization and stop those practices. Many of this practices may actually be obstacles to getting work done or serve the customer.
One thing that organizational leaders and managers need to do is to get all the employees on the same page and thinking like a leader. In theory, this should put all employees pulling in the same direction that the management in pushing.
What does this have to do with project management? Well two things. The first is that those same employee leaders will be members of the project team. Some will do good things and some will not. They will use their leadership powers for good or evil. So project managers need to identify this dynamic and get everyone moving toward the project completion. Second, this dynamic across the organization creates multiple projects for the project manager to pursue. Identifying these areas to create efficiency will assist the project manager in showing the business impact of their projects.
One thing that project managers need to always understand is that a project must solve a business problem and have an impact to the organization.
Organizations need to look to these leaders that are doing good things by trying to figure out how to replicate those good things across the organization. Replicating the best practices across the organization seems to be an easy task, but generally it is not that easy.
At the same time, the organization needs to find these leaders who are not doing those great things or even doing things that are counter to the needs of the organization and stop those practices. Many of this practices may actually be obstacles to getting work done or serve the customer.
One thing that organizational leaders and managers need to do is to get all the employees on the same page and thinking like a leader. In theory, this should put all employees pulling in the same direction that the management in pushing.
What does this have to do with project management? Well two things. The first is that those same employee leaders will be members of the project team. Some will do good things and some will not. They will use their leadership powers for good or evil. So project managers need to identify this dynamic and get everyone moving toward the project completion. Second, this dynamic across the organization creates multiple projects for the project manager to pursue. Identifying these areas to create efficiency will assist the project manager in showing the business impact of their projects.
One thing that project managers need to always understand is that a project must solve a business problem and have an impact to the organization.
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