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The Vital Dozen For Project Managers

The document outlines 12 vital tips for project managers, including understanding the context of project management and stakeholders' goals, recognizing team conflicts as a sign of progress, leading from the front to maintain a cohesive team, using time carefully through planning, and leveraging the political nature of organizations to the project's advantage.

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The Vital Dozen For Project Managers

The document outlines 12 vital tips for project managers, including understanding the context of project management and stakeholders' goals, recognizing team conflicts as a sign of progress, leading from the front to maintain a cohesive team, using time carefully through planning, and leveraging the political nature of organizations to the project's advantage.

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The Vital Dozen for Project

Managers

1. Understand the context of Project


Management
2. Recognize project team conflicts as
progress.
3. Understand who the stakeholders are and
what they want.
4. Accept the political nature of
organizations and use it to your
advantage.
5. Lead from the front: the view is better.
6. Understand what “success” means.
7. Build and maintain a cohesive team.
8. Enthusiasm and despair are both
infections.
9. One look forward is worth two looks
back.
10. Remember what you are trying to do.
11. Use time carefully or it will use you.
12. Above all, plan, plan, plan.
J.K. Pinto and O.P. Kharbanda, “Lessons for an Accidental Profession.” Business
Horizons, March-April 1995.

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