Lessons Learned In Project Management

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I have learned a lot of things from this program. Below are some significant personal lessons learned through the program:
1.Practicing communication skills
There is no doubt that communication is the key to the success of the project management. As a project manager, you may meet varieties of communication challenges including communicating with the global team or virtual team. Selecting appropriate communication methods or understanding the communication channels are all basic skills that project managers should know. Therefore, project managers should practice their communication skills to ensure the success of the program.
2. Simplifying work procedures
The project managers should analyze the outdated process 's goals. Determine what …show more content…

As a result, I can use these skills learned from class to make accurate plan for my future career.
How has this program prepared you to advance within your career? What have been the most significant lessons learned/ insights about project management?
The program provided me the ability to solve practical problems. It is not an exaggeration to say that any problem that has the possibility of practical implementation. In particular, WBS gave me ideas that “translate events into smaller events” can make tasks easy to implement and control. Project managers need to develop this habit no matter in work or daily life. Furthermore, facing practical challenges can cultivate my confidence in facing any difficulties that will happen in my further career.
What is more, the project manger should have a big picture. Raise the heights of looking at the problem When you are working as a project manager. When I am the project manager, I will consider the way of work is: "The project must be XXX". After learning the skills of project management, it will naturally increase the perspective of looking at the problem. With the improvement of your ability and position, the vision of project manger will be broader and …show more content…

A good project team. Experienced and skillful team members are really helpful for a project management work.
4. Risk management plan.
How will you do this?
Here are the explain how I will do these work throughout a project.
1. Pre-prepare
2. Hold a kick off meeting. Announce some important project document including project management plan and assign works to project team members.
3. Start to do the project. I will pay attention to communication and the usage of project skills.
4. Be a good time manager. Set a deadline and try best to stick to it. Set deadline a few days before the task absolutely has to be done. This allows for the possibility that other things will get in the way, but also allow for you still to get the task done.
5. Hold weekly meeting to track project process.
6. Monitoring and control.
What is your concentration and how have your non-project management courses contributed to your ability to lead projects?
These aspects will help me better manage my project. (Three other majors)
1. Leadership: build a good relationship with project team. How to lead the project?
2. Communication: communicate with team members and stakeholders
3. Social media: email, chat app, skype, visual

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