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Project Management Mistakes to Avoid

Project management plays an important role in running a successful business. However, there are

specific project management mistakes you should avoid to remain a viable and profitable

business. Let’s take a look at what some of those mistakes are.

1. Lacking the Right Skills and Resources

It is critical to ensure you have the right staffing for your project, yet incorrectly allocating

resources is one of the most common mistakes made with project management. If you don’t have

the right people on your project, it can ruin your project. You can maximize your planning, but

without the right skills and resources, it won’t matter.

Solution:

As a project manager, you need to visibly track your employees’ skills and experience. Have

your employees do skill assessment testing so you know the skill level of all your staff and you

can properly assign them.

2. Lack of Project Manager Experience

A project can quickly become out of control without an experienced project manager behind the

project.

Solution:

Hire a project manager that has the right certifications, and/or experience to properly manage the

project at hand. Project managers have areas of expertise so match accordingly.

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3. Too Much Micromanaging

One of the most common mistakes made by project managers is the inability to let go of the

wheel and leave those you’ve assigned project tasks to, to carry out those assignments. Stop

standing over their shoulder, stop texting or emailing them constantly, and let them do what they

are getting paid to do.

Solution:

Match employees to tasks based on skills and experience and then tell them if they need your

input or help you’ll be in your office. Delegate and get busy with your workload.

4. Improper Tracking of Projects

When projects are not tracked in the detail they need to be tracked, projects go over budget,

deadlines aren’t met, and there’s a lot of unhappy people and a lot of stress.

Solution:

Invest in project management software that can track all aspects of your project seamlessly.

Never again will you be in the dark or out of the loop.

5. Failing to Keep Multiple Projects Properly Organized

Project managers who are in charge of multiple projects often do not keep their projects

organized, and therefore, they never have an accurate picture of the status of your projects, which

can lead to a conflict in the use of resources, an inability to meet deadlines, and a loss in profits.

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Solution:

Use project management software to track all of your projects. Know the state of each project at

any given time, and what each employee is doing. This way you can keep your projects moving

forward at all times.

These five common project management mistakes should be avoided. Use the solutions that have

been presented to keep your project management on focus and on budget. Project management is

key to the success of many businesses, yet it’s often misunderstood, and underutilized. The more

you learn about the importance of project management the more likely you are to use it to its full

capacity.