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10 Guidelines for Estimating Project Effort

Many projects start off on the wrong foot because the effort involved in delivering them has been underestimated. It is human nature to want to deliver something well and quickly, but underestimating the complexities of a project serves no one. As project managers, it is our job to make sure that the team understands what the users want and how much it will cost to produce what they want. This is one of the cornerstones of being able to successfully deliver a project.

Sep 2016Read More: 10 Guidelines for Estimating Project Effort

6 Principles for Building Trusting and Lasting Relationships with Your Stakeholders

Your ability to build trusting and lasting relationships with your stakeholders is one of the key ingredients to becoming a successful project manager. To improve the way you communicate and interact with people, use the below best practice principles. As you read through them, ask yourself how good you are on a scale from 1 to 10 at using that particular principle in your daily interactions.

Jul 2016Read More: 6 Principles for Building Trusting and Lasting Relationships with Your Stakeholders

3 Data Points You Must Include In Project Communications

This is a guest article by Elizabeth Harrin from GirlsGuideToPM.com People get hung up on what to include in project reporting and their stakeholder communications. Often I see people include a lot of history and the journey to where they are now in their project, but in my experience, there are only 3 data points that you really need to worry about in your regular reporting.

Jul 2016Read More: 3 Data Points You Must Include In Project Communications

The Most Common Communication Mistakes Project Managers Make

Don’t get me wrong! A lot of project managers are doing a fantastic job of organizing and delivering their projects and keeping their clients happy. But it’s probably still true, that the majority of PMs are stronger with the harder skills of creating plans and reports than with the softer skills of communicating and motivating people. The below mistakes are the ones I the most often see project managers make when it comes to the softer communication skills.

Jun 2016Read More: The Most Common Communication Mistakes Project Managers Make

6 ways to effectively communicate with stakeholders

It is of crucial importance to any project manager to work closely with stakeholders – relevant people affiliated with your project whose opinions and actions will directly impact the project outcome. I label it “crucial” because of the whopping 30% of projects that experience failure due to poor communication. Establishing ground rules for effective stakeholders communication will save time, remove obstacles and ultimately, finish the project on time and within budget. There are several communication methods you should implement when communicating with stakeholders in your company. All methods of communication described below have their upsides and downsides, so make sure you pick the right one depending on the message you are trying to send to your stakeholders.

Feb 2016Read More: 6 ways to effectively communicate with stakeholders

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