How can you add most value as a project manager?
I have seen and heard of many project managers that think their job is to just follow a process, write a project schedule and track progress against that schedule and report on it. But anyone can do that, you can even get someone else to help you track progress against a project schedule. There are a few key project management skills and project management resources that you can bring to the project that can add large amounts of value towards the success of the project.
1. Analytical and problem solving skills – projects are fraught with danger and tend to operate in an often turbulent environment with constant change impacting the project. If you have good analytical skills and problem solving skills you will be in a great position to assess the situation as it arises and determine a plan of action to keep your project on track while others go off the rails around you. You should always aim to have as little impact on the team and stakeholders as possible when issues arise. If you can pre-empt and resolve issues smoothly and without too much noise everyone around you will remain calm and continue to work seamlessly.
2. Collect standard examples that can be utilized over and over – One of the common causes of wasted costs on projects is rework. The recreation of information that has been created over and over in previous projects. Take the time to collate great examples and store them in an easy to understand and access way so that on your next project you can grab the most appropriate sample as your starting point and save hours of time that you would have spent reinventing the wheel.
3. Perspective and empathy – being able to see things from other perspectives and putting yourself in the shoes of others goes a long way in building great and supportive relationships with the various parties you interact with throughout the project. When you deal with people on your project, make sure you do so with empathy because although completing this project effectively might be your job, keep in mind your project is probably affecting someone else’s life or job.
What project management skills do you bring to the project that you’re on? Which skills are you constantly working on and improving outside of pure project management theory? Are you gathering a collection of project management resources that enable you to really hit the ground running on day one? That save you time over and over on every project.
It is really worth considering, what specific things do you bring to the project that can add value?
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