Project management techniques and how PMO tools can help
If you’re working on a large & complex project, or a number of complex projects at one time, it’s easy to become overwhelmed; daily tasks and activities quickly becoming difficult to keep track of. However, PMO tools and tried & tested project management techniques can help you manage your team, their workload and yours.
Project management techniques and PMO tools
Dashboards & automated reporting: PMO tools – such as Sycamore Gap’s PMO – that offer dashboards & automated reporting enable you, not only to create a standardised, branded report in the single click of a button, but also to gain an overview of your project(s) quickly and easily; enabling you to see at a glance how projects are progressing.
Channels of communication: providing open and accessible channels of communication – over and above email – is imperative to the success of any project as ensuring your team can communicate and therefore collaborate in real time, as well as track conversations, share ideas and even share documents, will enhance morale, productivity and transparency.
Risk matrix: risk management is a key area of project management and creating a risk matrix – a document created to help you figure out the likelihood and severity of the potential risks of a project – can help you eliminate or mitigate project risk.
Work breakdown structure: a work breakdown structure (WBS) is an effective way project managers can break down individual tasks in order to better understand exactly what tasks need to be carried out (and by whom) in order to see a project through to completion. Unlike timesheets, however, a WBS is focused on deliverables rather than time spent.
How PMO tools can help
PMO tools and project management software such as that offered by us here at Sycamore Gap – a pre-built PMO solution that offers low code, low cost project management software with one click dashboard/reporting, mailmerge to Word, and export to Excel and Power BI; simplified admin and governance with role based access; and automatic notifications, audit logs, and workflows to maintain consistent processes – are designed to support you in the implementation of useful project management techniques that ensure you and your team can complete projects to budget, to time, and to client expectation.
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