According to sophistication of project management, you can see how mature an organization is in executing their undertakings. Via further development of project management also the responsible managers and teams start to develop and consequently also the organization.
The more transparent work and steering are, the more successful the organization will be. Automatically also the internal culture develops in a positive direction.
Project management requires much discipline and contains different methods and tools (time management, communication, risk management etc.). The breeding ground for all those are the following 3 principles:
Adequacy
The methods of project management are required in any case, but they have to be used adequately for the particular undertaking. Also for smaller endeavors eg. risk management with its fundamental requirements is needed, but it will be setup smaller and less automated than in a huge program, consisting out of several work streams or projects.
-> Like in other management tasks adequately used tools and levers are success guarantors.
Focusing
The project management has to be detached from its line management role during the lifespan in a sufficient manner. It is required that enough focusing and time are present, in order to lead the team, measure and steer the progress that finally delivery is in time, in budget and with sufficient quality.
-> Also in this area, there is a lot of parallelism with other management activities. All is about delegating, measuring and always being ahead of the team.
Responsibility
For success, it is vital that not only the task but also the responsibility is handed over to the project management. In case one is missing, it will turn out more difficult to achieve excellent results. Also the learning curve will be massively slowed down as automatically learning by negative examples develops while positive and much more effective learning by success drops out.
-> This principle is not only the basis for the management but for all roles within the organization.
This interaction of on one hand methods and tools and on the other hand frame conditions makes not only successful project management but also that organizations further develop along with it.
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A project can be considered in the end as a “passing through a desert”. Once you have made it with your project team, you have learned a lot for your daily business with your own permanent team. Exactly that is the above mentioned internal development!
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