{"id":12409,"date":"2018-06-19T05:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2024-08-14T04:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:25:46","slug":"challenge-faced-by-project-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proprofsproject.com\/blog\/challenge-faced-by-project-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"#1 Challenge Faced By The Project Managers & Its Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you ever wondered why very few companies successfully complete their projects?<\/p>\n

Every 1 in 3 projects do not have a proper baseline. About 2\/3rd business executives and IT experts believe that their projects will fail in first three months. 44% of the projects fail because they do not use any project management software. (Stats Courtesy: Capterra)<\/em><\/p>\n

If you look the numbers, aren\u2019t they staggeringly disappointing? They are, for sure. Managing projects perfectly is not a cakewalk. Project managers need to take care of the projects, resources, deadlines, manage the budget, ensure proper communication, foresee potential risks and what not.<\/p>\n

Every day we hear new stories, new challenges and new issues in project management. Being a project manager, have you ever wondered why only a handful of companies manage to deliver projects successfully whereas you struggle to even meet the deadlines? It is because we often forget to foresee the challenges that may hamper the growth of the project, overall.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hear the major challenges from the project managers themselves:<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"Project<\/p>\n

Joseph D. Launi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n

I teach project management and have done so for the last 12 years.\u00a0 That said, here\u2019s what I believe is the biggest challenge for PM\u2019s moving into the next 10 years:<\/p>\n

How do project managers move from a \u201cmanagement model\u201d to a \u201cleadership model\u201d as part of an effort to better support our team members and our customers as we help them achieve their project goals. Resolution: more focus on servant leadership instead of autocratic\/top down leadership. This takes training, culture enhancement, and new thinking at the senior levels of management.<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/strong>: more focus on servant leadership instead of autocratic\/top down leadership. \u00a0This takes training, culture enhancement, and new thinking at the senior levels of management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Project<\/p>\n

Zac Johnson<\/a><\/strong>
\nPresident at MoneyReign, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When working with teams and freelancers around the world, one of the most frustrating things to deal with is engagement and communications from those around you. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since they aren’t actually in your office, it’s tough to know how much work is actually getting done or when they are working. Tools like Trello can help with this management process, and allows everyone to constantly be updating each other with what updates are being made, or what needs to be completed. Skype is also a great tool for minimizing headaches as well and keeping in touch with your team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution<\/strong>:\u00a0When working with teams and freelancers around the world, one of the most frustrating things to deal with is engagement and communications from those around you. Since they aren’t actually in your office, it’s tough to know how much work is actually getting done or when they are working. Tools like Trello can help with this management process, and allows everyone to constantly be updating each other with what updates are being made, or what needs to be completed. Skype is also a great tool for minimizing headaches as well and keeping in touch with your team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Project<\/p>\n

Christina Nicholson<\/a><\/strong>
\nOwner of Media Maven and TV host, based in South Florida<\/b><\/p>\n

The biggest challenge is in team building. Before starting my business, I’d see people at work who looked great on paper with exceptional experience but were not good at their jobs. They were either not trustworthy, had a bad work ethic, or just weren’t efficient. In hiring, you find this too. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of judging people based on their experience, I judge work ethic. It’s tough to gage through an interview process, so you actually need to start working with a variety of people at first by giving them small tasks to handle. <\/span><\/p>\n

As they start to prove themselves, they will get more work and in turn, make more money. Before you know it, you’ve found a solid team of people.<\/span><\/p>\n

While this is more time consuming as a business owner, it will help you build a team that can thrive without you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>I suggest starting slow. Instead of giving the new hire all the work you need done at once, roll it out slowly over time. As they prove themselves with small tasks, you can slowly start to give them more. When I started building a team, I made the mistake of being too trusting and assuming everyone had a good work ethic like me. By starting slow, you will avoid bigger problems.<\/p>\n

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\"Project<\/p>\n

Dave Gordon<\/a><\/strong>
\nPMP <\/strong><\/p>\n

My clients bring me in to manage their transitions and transformations, either as part of an acquisition or divestiture or because they are moving to a new system for managing their people. There are always people\u2014at every level\u2014who will be affected by these changes, who feel threatened by them, and their concerns are always legitimate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, the biggest challenge in these programs is usually organizational change management\u2014converting people and getting them to be evangelists for the executive vision, and getting them to buy in and actively support the work to be done in order to get to the desired end state. <\/span><\/p>\n

Change is enabled by people, and people can disable a change if they decide to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution<\/strong>: The most effective way to approach organizational change management is to begin early in the project. I work with the project sponsor and other key leaders to identify and assess the needs of the stakeholders, engage them, and provide enough information to help them determine what support and guidance they will need throughout the project, during the transition, and once the changes are in production. We then ensure their needs are met on a timeline that works for them. You will never get everyone to embrace a change, but getting the majority in alignment is critical to the success of any business strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Project<\/p>\n

Michelle LaBrosse<\/a><\/strong>
\nChief Cheetah, Cheetah Learning\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I live in a small town in Alaska and from time to time find myself leading construction projects. Getting qualified local subcontractors to work on those projects is the first challenge and getting them to finish their work when we do find them is the biggest challenge. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most tend to milk the project and take 3 to 5 times longer than required. <\/span><\/p>\n

While we\u2019d love to hire local the way we overcome this is to fly qualified people in who have worked with us in other locations. We need to make sure we have all the supplies and tools they need on site as it can often take a month to get supplies shipped up from the lower 48.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution<\/b> – We bring in proven talent from similar projects in other locations rather than trying to manage the local resources who often have neither the time or the skills to get the job done.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"david-miller\"<\/p>\n

David Miller<\/a><\/strong>
\nSr. Researcher at ProProfs<\/strong><\/p>\n

The #1 challenge that project managers face today has to be team management. That\u2019s because team management not only focuses on monitoring the team members but way more.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can see responsibilities like:<\/span><\/p>\n