Professional Development: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-hurst/11/293/970">Jim’s </a>Golden Rules of Project Management (based on Gibbs, NCIS: “He who herds cats”)</h2>
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<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">There can never be enough communication – communicate, communicate, communicate.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">You ALWAYS need a plan (fail to plan, plan to fail).</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE – “CSI project management”.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Project MANAGE, don’t Project DO = doomed!</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Never make any assumptions = project kryptonite.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Always check, check and check again. People forget.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t be late. Set the example and keep to it.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Be reflective, even when you know no one else is.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Be wary of the grinning salesmen. Don’t trust them!</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Get real commitment (quote/dates) from third parties.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Accept sometimes you can be wrong and admit it.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">The rule of 5 W’s – why, why, why, why and why.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Any overspends need to be agreed upfront.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Project methodology AGNOSTIC, best of breed.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Type up minutes/actions as soon as possible post-meeting or forget.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Book meetings at least 3 months in advance.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Check ALL booked meetings, rooms and attendees.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Remember the historic projects feedback.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Exist somewhere between the Dance Floor and Balcony.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Manage the Meeting – one person talking/watch the clock.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Always make time to listen and empathise.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Be prepared – “semper paratus”.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t waste time, a PM’s job is never finished.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t put it off until tomorrow, scissor tackle today!</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">It is your job to HELP people deliver.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Make sure you can find stuff when you need it or you’ll waste time later.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">You never stop learning.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span class="sumo_twilighter_highlighted twilighter-6ee7fbbe" style="background-color: white; border-image-outset: initial !important; border-image-repeat: initial !important; border-image-slice: initial !important; border-image-source: initial !important; border-image-width: initial !important; border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important; float: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-stretch: inherit !important; font-style: inherit !important; font-variant: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: inherit !important;">When you think you know it all, you are further away than you have ever been to it!</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Concentrate on the things that matter – rule of 80/20.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t forget to say ‘well done, thank you’ – it costs nothing, literally.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Focus on the original objective. Don’t get distracted.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">NO surprises are allowed. NO black holes.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span class="sumo_twilighter_highlighted twilighter-5d902ab1" style="background-color: white; border-image-outset: initial !important; border-image-repeat: initial !important; border-image-slice: initial !important; border-image-source: initial !important; border-image-width: initial !important; border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important; float: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-stretch: inherit !important; font-style: inherit !important; font-variant: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: inherit !important;">Perfect is the enemy of good – Voltaire.</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Time spent on contracts is time well spent!</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t underestimate the value of ‘the architect’ </li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Always check your Outlook reminders or you’ll get chased up!</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs – R Kipling.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Trust yourself, your experience and project to date, to hold the course.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Get confirmation on minutes/actions before meeting.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">“If you haven’t planned it, you can’t control it.”</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Keep your eyes on the prize/ball!</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span class="sumo_twilighter_highlighted twilighter-3f92319c" style="background-color: white; border-image-outset: initial !important; border-image-repeat: initial !important; border-image-slice: initial !important; border-image-source: initial !important; border-image-width: initial !important; border: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important; cursor: inherit; float: inherit !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-stretch: inherit !important; font-style: inherit !important; font-variant: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: inherit !important;">Best case scenario does not exist.</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">‘The 411’ or just the facts – Who, what, where, when, how and why.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Find out the WIIFM or whiff em – what’s in it for me.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">A task is not done until it’s done. Avoid 90% syndrome.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">If everything is under control, go up a gear.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">It’s easy to see, harder to foresee.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">Don’t be afraid or too proud to ask for help.</li>
<li style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;">A project manager is only as good as his/her team. Defer to their experience/skills.</li>
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And a bonus quote:<span style="line-height: 26.6px;">   “Never eat more than you can lift” – Miss Piggy.</span></div>
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