Up to Date Contact List
Keep the central internal project contact list up to date. This should be a company wide database that is frequently updated with the names, positions and roles of each employee …
Month: April 2009
Cap the Stakes
Make sure all stakes on a construction site are capped with coloured safety caps. This is probably a requirement in many countries. It obviously reduces the risk of injuries, and …
Record Your Achievements
Track your career history and your work achievements. Make detailed records of this. It will help you progress in your career, get promotions, and get certified in your professional field. Do this regularly and consistently.
Contacts Organiser (database)
Make sure your company has a good system to record contacts information. This should include: Clients Suppliers Contractors Industry contacts. Everything known about the contact should be able to be …
Early Change is Best
Change is easier and cheaper to make at the start of a project than later on. The later a change is made on a project, the more expensive it becomes. …
Make a Projects List
Selling and marketing your company’s projects is important. It builds future business, confidence in your company’s abilities, and pride within the company. So make sure your company has a projects …
Stop Resource Clashes with Regular Projects Review Meetings
Projects often share the same people, equipment and suppliers. Regular projects review meetings help managers coordinate resource needs, identify delays and share problems that could affect other projects. Keep them brief, practical and focused on decisions and actions.
Tight Schedules
Bid teams / tender teams often bid for projects that the company can’t do. They will make a schedule that is too tight, or have milestones that are impossible to …
Risk Activities
Put risk activities in your schedule (plan). Your client is more likely to accept allowances for risk if you can show how it is worked out, how long it is …
Where Are Those Documents?
Make sure every document you create has the file path and file name in the header or footer. This will mean that all printouts will show where the file was …