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Digg it UP - Communication - The Lifeblood of a Project
The first step when purchasing a home in Arizona is to get pre-qualified for a loan. This is an extremely simple process that only take one phone call to your lender If you do not have a lender, Arizona Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage can recommend a good lender. During your pre-qualification process, you find out how much your payments will be if you borrow “X” dollars. For example, If you want to buy a three hundred thousand dollar house, put down twenty thousand, and finance two hundred and eighty thousand, you will want to know what your payments will be if you finance this amount. This process determines what your price range will be when searching for a home.The second step is to find a home you like. Once you find a home in your desired location, your Realtor will help you submit an offer to the seller. Th
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will af
Have you ever attended a Team Building Seminar? Afterward, were you as effective in developing or improving the performance of a team as you feel you could be? Many of us struggle with the value of the seminar experience.I am committed to simulations as the most effective way for people to learn. Simulations require people to become actively involved and own their learning. Participants are engaged through the challenge of a problem, project, or competitive situation. Their response to this challenge is then analyzed by the participants themselves with the support and guidance of an experienced facilitator.Simulations compel participants to play an active role in their learning, while the typical seminar is passive and requires the learner to sit in a chair for the duration, often resulting in a lengthy, boring experie
The communication plan—like the project plan—is a necessary part of the project. However, when thinking of the project manager's role in communication planning, organizations and project teams too often think solely of the documents that establish the frequency, roles, responsibilities, recipients, and channel for which communication will be dispersed during a project. If you don't look beyond the written word and the outline prepared in the early phases of a project, you are setting yourself up for project losses. While you need to understand who is involved in the project, it is equally important to understand what information is needed and the level at which they need to receive it.
There are some definite musts for the communication plan. The communication plan should be scaleable and must be prepared based on the scale and depth of the project. Just as you wouldn't send out a SWAT team to catch a shoplifter, you wouldn't prepare an elaborate communication plan for a straightforward project that involves only a small group. Understanding the needs of stakeholders and developing an appropriate plan for communicating progress—information, successes, risks, and changes—is paramount. The operative word when creating the plan document is "appropriate." Be careful not to over-communicate irrelevant information, otherwise, stakeholders and the project team may become overwhelmed with information and disregard relevant future information.
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will aff
The beauty of America’s interstates always intrigues me. There are millions of cars driving at speeds of 70mph and sometimes upwards of 80, only separated by painted dashes in the road with only a few inches separating each vehicle. It’s really amazing when you think about it.Living in a metro area, I put my life in other people’s hands every single morning when I drive into work. Why do I do this everyday with no fear or hesitation? Trust. I trust those around me. I have confidence that they will accomplish their task of commuting without bringing harm to me. I trust them and they trust me.When people walk in to hear you speak, they give you trust just as people do when they hit the road. Unfortunately, most speakers don’t know how to maintain that trust and lose credibility quickly, often within the first fe
The communication plan—like the project plan—is a necessary part of the project. However, when thinking of the project manager's role in communication planning, organizations and project teams too often think solely of the documents that establish the frequency, roles, responsibilities, recipients, and channel for which communication will be dispersed during a project. If you don't look beyond the written word and the outline prepared in the early phases of a project, you are setting yourself up for project losses. While you need to understand who is involved in the project, it is equally important to understand what information is needed and the level at which they need to receive it.
There are some definite musts for the communication plan. The communication plan should be scaleable and must be prepared based on the scale and depth of the project. Just as you wouldn't send out a SWAT team to catch a shoplifter, you wouldn't prepare an elaborate communication plan for a straightforward project that involves only a small group. Understanding the needs of stakeholders and developing an appropriate plan for communicating progress—information, successes, risks, and changes—is paramount. The operative word when creating the plan document is "appropriate." Be careful not to over-communicate irrelevant information, otherwise, stakeholders and the project team may become overwhelmed with information and disregard relevant future information.
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will af
It’s that time of year again. No, we’re not just talking about turkey, long lines at the mall and overnight visits with the in laws. It’s time for small business to look ahead at 2007 sales projections. In this article, we’ll focus specifically on earning new business from your existing clients.Large corporations have the advantage of months of planning, teams of accountants, sales directors and marketers, not to mention years, or even decades of history on which to base renewal and growth projections.But for small business, the scenario is probably a little different. It’s likely just you and a handful of trusted employees, each of whom wear many hats. You may have just a year or two of history. You may be so busy running your business that you haven’t had time for months for planning.At the same time, you have
There are some definite musts for the communication plan. The communication plan should be scaleable and must be prepared based on the scale and depth of the project. Just as you wouldn't send out a SWAT team to catch a shoplifter, you wouldn't prepare an elaborate communication plan for a straightforward project that involves only a small group. Understanding the needs of stakeholders and developing an appropriate plan for communicating progress—information, successes, risks, and changes—is paramount. The operative word when creating the plan document is "appropriate." Be careful not to over-communicate irrelevant information, otherwise, stakeholders and the project team may become overwhelmed with information and disregard relevant future information.
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will af
Preparing a Marketing Plan for your product or service is a real eye-opening experience. While we all hope that our product or service will appeal to the masses, the truth is, that may not happen. Assembling a Marketing Plan first and foremost forces you to clearly define what you are selling.From there, you define the demographics of the market for your product or services. You research on-going or upcoming trends in the industry, your existing and potential competition and whether or not the market is already saturated.And the time to analyze this valuable information is before you spend money opening the door to your new business venture. A marketing plan is one valuable tool that will help your business survive.Analyze the MarketThis section plays an important role in determining
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will af
If you are a small business owner, you have assets to protect. Usually associated with high income individuals and medical professionals, asset protection planning is just as necessary for owners of start-ups and small businesses.Unfortunately, asset protection is often ignored or lost in the long list of things to do when starting or building your business. This mistake can cost you and your family when you least expect it.What’s Involved in Protecting Your Assets?Asset protection planning is a simple concept. First you catalogue all of your personal and business assets, such as bank and brokerage accounts, personal property and real estate, etc. Next you identify possible financial threats and then you insulate yourself from threats using a combination of different legal entities (trusts, corp
The general rule I like to follow is to communicate information when its presence or absence will have some direct impact on project success. How does one identify when information will have a direct impact on the project? Typically if something impacts the scope, time, cost, risk, or quality of a task, this warrants escalating through the appropriate communication channels. It's not always clear to see if something will affect the critical path without performing some analysis, but for changes to pre-defined critical path activities, this is also an area that requires prompt attention and communication. Information that will impact the project—either good or bad—is vital to the project stakeholders.
In a similar vein, collecting relevant information from stakeholders is important. This information can be obtained standing at the water cooler or by more formal methods. However you gather it, once the information is received and validated, it should be analyzed to determine the impact on the project. Any changes affecting deliverables or expectations should be discussed with all stakeholders and the necessary documentation updated and circulated.
Let's dig a little deeper in the area of expectation management. The art of communicating and understanding stakeholder needs as at the top of my personal list of drivers for project success, regardless of the size of the project. Scaling the communication plan appropriately to fit the audience is necessary for continued project buy-in and interest. The ability to communicate with individuals on various levels with various project interests is important for successful project management. You should become intimate with the needs and background of individuals involved with your project in order to relay an appropriate message to each member of the team, be it internal or external. Different individuals on the project team and those on the other end of the project have specific desires and individual objectives they are interested in achieving. Keeping individuals interested in the project is all part of the process.
While the plan documents help establish some rigor in the process, be careful not to become too rigid and only allow communication at selected periods. If you notice that stakeholders are requiring more frequent communication, perhaps this is an indicator that the plan document needs to be updated as the project is not as straightforward as
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