Being an Effective Project Manager: Your Guide to Becoming a Project Management Rock Star: Best Practices, Methodology, and Success Principles for a Project ... (Project Management by Ready Set Agile)

ASa project manager, you’re used to juggling tasks, people, and resources, all whilekeeping the client happy. But, do you ever wish it were easier? That you and yourteam could do more with all those work hours you’re given? Sometimes, it’s a slogto get everything and everyone on the same page and all working together as oneteam to achieve the project goal.Maybe you’ve been struggling to ensure that projects are completed on time andbudget. You may think you’ve estimated the resource needs correctly, and thenthere’s suddenly an unexpected and unforeseen development that ends updestroying the timeline. As of the time of writing this book (June 2020), we’re stillin the middle of the coronavirus epidemic. No one saw this coming, and it hasupset the business plans for quite a few project managers.No one can reasonably blame you for not seeing the COVID-19 virus comingbeforehand. However, do you find that you’re often held accountable for issues thatare out of your control? As the project manager (PM), you are the one who’sresponsible for the completion of the project as planned. Despite this, project teamsor stakeholders may sometimes seem to take it too far and blame you for things thatgenuinely were not in your control.Stakeholders are known for pressuring their project managers and teams. Otherissues may have come up, and they’d like to shift some of the budget they agreed toinvest in the project somewhere else. And they may want you to finish ahead oftime, despite signing off on the months of work that you estimated the projectwould take. Maybe they want to add some additional features to the scope withoutincreasing the budgets for time and money appropriately.Staying organized in terms of time can also be difficult for a PM. Once theschedule starts to slip, it’s not always easy to get it back where it needs to be.You’re also responsible for organizing the work, and some tasks must be completedbefore the next one begins, which may cause headaches when your...