Good, clear, easy to follow procedures should be put in place for all aspects of your project. Make these easy to find. Make a summary page for the team to save time and cost.
Problem: It is very easy for team members, stakeholders or others to get confused over what different terms in your project mean. Some terms in one context can mean something …
If you want to get a collection of good ideas from your team, avoid using brainstorming. Brainstorming means everyone puts forward ideas in a group meeting, but people will often …
Make sure your team is skilled and trained in using the basic functions of their computers as efficiently as possible. Possibly run some short workshops on the use of keyboard …
Microsoft Outlook or similar programs allow you to send meeting requests to people. This is a quick and effective way for meetings to be set without wasting time calling around …
Although this is an organisation issue, not just a project issue, it is important to make sure your team does not send messages to all for something that is specific …
Make sure your team members always have work to do. Give them a list of lower priority tasks (such as improving certain systems) that they can do when they have …
Make sure to write the lessons learned for each project. This should include what has been done right, wrong, and what you would do differently if you could redo the …
If you are the project manager on a large project (with lots of team members) consider starting a library for the team. Books could be borrowed by team members Include …
Recognise that outsourcing some tasks might be more efficient. Especially if your organisation is struggling to recruit enough people to fill needs (in a tight market). Paying an external expert …