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> Get Articles > Management and Best Practice > 5 Steps to Stress Free Project Management 5 Steps to Stress Free Project Management Download as PDFNaseem Mariam naseemmpm4all.com Project Management Made Easy as 123 http://www.123projectmanagement.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TITLE: 5 Steps to Stress Free Project Management AUTHOR: Naseem Mariam, Project Management Coach WORD COUNT: 691 words URL: http://www.123projectmnagement.com MAIL: mailto:naseemmpm4all.com Conditions of use: This article may be freely published as long as (1) the article is not altered in any way, (2) the author information at the end of the article remains intact. If you use it, please notify mailto:naseemmpm4all.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 Steps to Stress Free Project Management by Naseem Mariam, Project Management Coach ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Life is peaceful and pleasant when you are a professional. You can be sure of your promotions and rewards as long as you do a good job and excel at what you do. However the moment you start managing projects and other people your own advancement now depends on other people's performance and how you enhance the teams output. 'Who are You ... and why should we care?' As a project manager this is one question that You ignore at your peril. The answer to this question establishes trust and camaraderie in the team. If not addressed it leads to lack-luster performance and possibly project failure. If you want to have your cake and eat it too: i.e. when you want to succeed at your business projects and at the same time have a lot of fun and enjoy a stress free life, it would help a lot if you took care to answer this unspoken question. 1. Yourself: Part A: Who are You? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You need to establish yourself within the organization and in your domain area as an expert. You need to know the technicalities of the projects that you handle. You should be in a position to offer possible solutions and draw your team out of dead-end situations. This is a pre-requisite to being an effective,successful Line Manager, a Technical Lead who manages projects. In case you do not have the required technical and domain knowledge, then you should be a good people manager. You should be a counselor, mentor and gain the trust of the people whom you manage. Moreover it helps if you have a good image,a good perceived standing with your organization's Top Managers -- at least with your own boss. When you are one level removed from the technical staff this would usually suffice. However you should ensure that you are able to delegate the technical handling, technical trouble-shooting to competent and able Line Managers and Technical Leads. "I do not care how much You know ... until I know how much You care". This in essence defines and emphasizes the importance of looking after the people on your teams. Build your communication bridges with your team and ensure that you have them with you. That takes us to the next part of the all-important question of easy stress free project management ... Part B: Why should we care? 2. Trust within ^^^^^^^^^ As a project manager you need to build trust with your team ... for which You need to have integrity and honesty. Do read "Project Serenity - How to gain happiness and peace" to understand what you should do and what You should not do to build Trust. 3. Commitment to the project ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Get your teams commitment and buy-in into the project at hand. For ideas on how to do this, read my article "10 Steps to create Winning Teams". 4. Get out of their way ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Having empowered and delegated the responsibility of the project to appropriate people, do everyone on the project a huge favor: Get out of the way. Do not breathe down their backs ... let them make a few mistakes, take a few risks and let them grow on their own. This is the hardest thing a manager needs to do and it very essential for the project's success. 5. Be available as an escalation point ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You should track the progress and ensure that the status of the project is healthy. Let the team leaders know you are available to help them out at any time. You should take on the role of an external consultant and that of the customer and client's representative. As part of the team rules, define how and when they should approach you. Describe a few escalation scenarios so that the team is aware that there are situations when you should be contacted for help at the earliest. Here we have seen how answering the unspoken question "Who are you ... and why should we care?" helps you enjoy a stress free management life. Related reading: ^^^^^^^^ 10 Steps to Create Winning Teams http://www.123projectmanagement.com/team-building-winning-teams.html Copyright @ 2003, Project Dioxide Consultants (P) Ltd. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ About the author ^^^^^^^^^^^ Naseem Mariam is the editor of "Management that Soars" Newsletter & author of "Project Serenity - How to gain happiness and peace". Let her guide you towards Faster All Round Success and a Stress Free, Joyous Life. Her free ebook and Newsletter tell You How. Subscribe with a blank mail to mailto:projectdioxidesendfree.com. Visit her at http://www.123projectmanagement.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. 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