Have you defined your project scope and are your costs being monitored and controlled?

Is your customer getting what they want and is your project and stakeholders being managed with good issue and risk management to avoid cost blowouts and delays?

These are common challenges and concerns which are being overcome by businesses by using project management techniques.

Using project management techniques increases the chance of project success and provides better control of financial, physical and human resources. Benefits include improved decision making, improved customer relations and expectations, improved stakeholder management, lower costs, higher profit margins, improved productivity with higher worker morale.

Other factors that improve the chances of success in a project include clear business objectives, firm basic requirements, good planning, reliable estimates, using a phased approach with small milestones, good communications and stakeholder management, good technical skills and risk management.

The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) provides a framework for the management of projects.

Business SA provides training in project management techniques and skills to help you manage projects efficiently and effectively and provides a practical toolkit for managing projects to increase the chances of project success.

Find out more about Business SA’s project management training visit here or email nickh@business-sa.com for more information.