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Hi
Team, Welcome
to the June 2019 Project Management Companion Newsletter where we value your subscription. The
contents of this newsletter are only for subscribers and is not available to readers
of our posts, so we hope you find the information both entertaining and
valuable as you progress through your project management journey. Our subscribers
also have access to any early information regarding project management, monthly
quizzes, have you tried one?, was it too easy? another will follow in early July.
So if we haven’t said it before or enough times, thanks again for taking the
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hope you enjoy this newsletter, this month’s issue discusses management styles, which one do you use? what affects productivity, some uncomfortable truths about project management and much more. We hope you enjoy this issue and if there is something you would like to ask or see covered, please don't hesitate to let us know at .admin@projectmanagementcompanion.com Happy reading.
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Projects affected by Productivity obstruction |
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Project team’s productivity can be influenced by a number of items
which
can affect the business and project outcomes. It is the project
manager’s
responsibility to identify these obstructions and keep resources on
track. The project is in risk of falling behind, with deadlines
impacted and, leaving teams scrambling to deal with the consequences.
A distracted workplace can cost more than a team’s
productivity; it is likely to affect the organisations bottom line as well. If
resources are focused on something other than their job, this will result in
lost productivity in terms of billions each year. If this is the case within
your team, then there are a number of factors to consider and how they can be
resolved. |
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Technology Issues
Technology is
in place to assist employees with being more efficient and effective in their
functions, but according to recent studies, has found that distractions occur
because of technology and connectivity issues. To alleviate this, it is best to
have team members use effective tools for project management and collaboration.
Tools which will assist in the performing the job well where they can learn and
leverage from those tools.
Surveys are a
good source for determining where the obstructions are located. Once known
adjustments can be made, as it is easy to get distracted by high level issues
and disregards the daily time consumers that cost productivity. |
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People interact and drive the day to day strategy, operations and tactic
which provide the life line for every institution. Nonetheless, people
especially regular employees are not accorded the respect, nor given proper
treatment in most environments they work.
Now, people are found at all levels of an organization and play
different roles with varying responsibilities that either places them as
leaders or as followers. Apparently not all leaders are leaders, however the
reality remains, most organizations fail at Agility adoption because of
leadership ideologies. Here are some reasons why agile teams may fail;
1. Wrong people in the right position.
2. Entrenchment factor.
3. Understanding of concept.
4. Politics of Things (POT)
5. Ecosystem readiness.
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Project Management Styles
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