Planning is an integral part of project management but it is almost always the part that is most neglected by both project managers and their sponsors.
Not having a project plan is like trying to find you way through a maze at midnight. If you don't know how you are going to get to your destination it is highly unlikely that you will manage to take the shortest, most efficient route. If this is the case however why do so many project managers and sponsors neglect it.
The biggest reason I think for this is that in particular sponsors want to see results as soon as possible from their projects they want to see tangible results, to see that things are moving forward. For this reason there tends to be pressure placed on project managers to get the project started as soon as possible.
As project managers we need to resist this pressure as strongly as we can. We need to work with our sponsors and ensure that they can see that even in the early stages of the project that things are moving forward. We need to show them the value in developing a plan, perhaps even get them involved in the process as much as possible so that they can see the value of it. If we don't we ring the risk of rushing into our projects and risk them running over time and buget all for the lack of solid planning at the begining.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Planning, planning, planning
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3 comments:
That's really true. "Allow time for planning" is something the sponsor should really be aware of. If an organisation as a defined project lifecycle process then this could be institutionalised, if not then it takes extra effort.
Agile does help with this because it focuses on early delivery of benefits - so it is less of a problem.
According to an IDC/CA research report that I blogged about at: http://tiny.cc/DNbNl , costs could be reduced to the tune of $49,000 per 100 users annually from implementing a PPM solution to provide better project planning and management .
Reducing project initiation times through automation of resource management is one of the commonest ways to deliver value faster.
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