Project Management: Solving Common Project Problems

Professional PM trainer Chris Croft outlines techniques for addressing the most common people, quality, cost, and time-management problems that arise when working on projects.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Avoiding People Problems

• Managing stakeholders who have conflicting requirements
• Engaging team members throughout the process
• Communication

2. Avoiding Quality Problems

• Ensuring customer expectations are met
• Defining quality

3. Avoiding Cost Problems

• Making sure that nothing gets forgotten
• Generating realistic estimates
• Controlling scope creep
• Discovering hidden overspends

4. Avoiding Lateness Problems

• Missing the real critical path
• Avoiding and minimizing the effects of mistakes
• Losing resources to other projects
• Monitoring and adjusting the schedule

Conclusion

• Performing actions in sequence

Frequently Asked Questions

• How do I estimate tasks?
• When should I tell the customer that the project is running late?
• How often should I have progress meetings?