Project Management 101 (when in doubt..)

When in doubt, do everything !!

There would be situations in your organization where you talk to one person in your organizations (Sr Project Manager and/or highest authority in Project Management) you get different answers. This situation happens in companies which do not have a robust Project Management in place. (if there is still discussion happening on do we need Project Managers or Scrum Masters or both, its not a mature project management environ).

Good thing is the environment is still developing and you have a scope to be a change agent. Also you have the ability to pick and choose on what's best for your organization for Project Management.

Bad thing is its confusing time. No one really knows what is best or they know their aspect of it and you are left alone to try and figure out whats right and wrong.

In such a situation do all.

Secondly evaluate what things are best not done. i.e. why are you implementing something ? What is the purpose ? Who is the audience ? How does it add value to them ?

Finally learn to say No and have good reasons to back your decision. There will be several instances where people will come to you and say "I want to see this" and "I want you to do this ....",. Evaluate if it makes sense. It would be best if you try it out and then decide coz if a suggestion has come to you it might have some merit. But again since its your job and you are qualified and know most of what should happen in Project Management, you need to make a call yourself.

A case in example, both waterfall and agile methodologies can co-exist together. Agile in Scrum implementation and Waterfall in overall project management. If both are looked at independently, both methodologies can co-exist in their own domains. Scope of Scrum limited to Sprints while scope of Project is multiple sprints and anything which hampers that project. Different implementations for different views (ground, 100 feet or 10000 feet).

Happy Project Management

Cheer !!