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.
Make project management templates easy to find. A good system for searching and finding project management templates saves a lot of time and money.
Make your project definitions and acronym meanings very clear. Put them in an easy to find and easily accessible location for the project team.
Delays on projects are very common. Record the reasons for all project delays. Notify your client of delays in the project schedule as soon as possible, whether the delay is the clients fault or not.
Projects are complicated. Lots of agreements and changes are constantly made, these should be managed properly.
Document all changes, variations and agreements on your projects. You should put everything in writing.
Write and use a good Project Management Plan. A project management plan is one of the most important project documents. Every project should have one. Even a short plan is better than no plan.
Automation of the collection of project expense receipts is a key element in improving project efficiency.
Implement a receipt scanning system in your company finance software or project management software.
Projects often fail because the project team members are not clear on their roles and responsibilities. Make sure your project team members know what they are supposed to do with defined roles, clear role descriptions and briefs of what they should be doing.
Meeting attendance and project document approval records are important. Ensure you get the full name (not just initials) on project records. This will help you identify those people later and will save time when trying to get further information from them.
At the start of your project, ensure you ask the client what kind of reports they want. Automate or standardise your client reports if possible. Ask the right questions to get the best results for you and for the client.