3 experts have described difficult decisions they had to take in one project.
Now think about what was important for them in taking the decision the took. Would they act differently in a different context? Why?
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Yeah. They will definitely act differently base on the project at hand.
I truly admire how they were able to handle the difficult situation at hand, especially been transparent with the situation, collaborating with all parties, and encouraging everyone to see the goal or reason why they started in the first place.
It’s a win win.
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Kudos to them for being open and ready available to be able to deal with the problem, inspite of it being a difficult decision. If the situation had been reversed, yes the decisions would have been different, maybe not terminating the project or making a contingency plan for enough water at the venue. However. With the situation faced, I think the right decision, though difficult were made.
I fully support the decisions made by these experts, especially the emphasis on transparent communication with our sponsors, clients, and the project team.
Sharing every challenge enabled them to collectively understand the situation and make informed decisions. Notably, one client had to unexpectedly cover certain expenses, highlighting the importance of collaborating and openly communicating with all stakeholders. These experiences have shown me firsthand that effective communication and collaboration significantly ease my role as a project manager, allowing us to navigate unexpected situations more effectively and achieve successful outcomes.
The deck is great even though decision making is very critical in project management
I think it’s the best for them at that point, they were open minded and also honest and transparent. And so because of that they could easily communicate with their team members and take on the decision.
I agree with the decision they made, mostly important thing was to communicate every challenge with both the sponsor the clients, project team so that a enable them succeed in tackling or making a decision at that point in time. its would have been more difficult if communicating with the client the sponsor and the project team on the current situation wasn’t done. I also noticed that one of the client had to pay some certain amount of money that they probably did not budget for, so collaborating and communicating with your sponsor, client and project team would make your work as a project manager easy.
Yes, their approach will be different in different contexts because no two projects are the same, and every project comes with its dynamism, so should the approach.
For this to happen, the project manager must be open-minded; this gives room for the PM to embrace whatever challenges.
Constant, open, honest, and transparent communication should not be lacking with team members so that it is easier to tackle challenges should they arise.
Taking had decision is part of every project. I remember my last show i had to make a dificult decision that almost affected my planning. The venue i planned to use had to be changed because of proximity, now the road to the innitial venue was under construction, a decision that was never seen coming, if i went ahead with the venue it will sure affect everything that has to do with my show because people can not have clear assess to the venue, i had to go for an alternative which was a bit far from the previous. We had to do lots of publicity to announce the change of venue and it was really difficult to achieve.
Taking hard decision and or making changes are things that will always be in the life of every project and how we deal with these is key at any point in time. Considering the three Project Managers view s and how they responded effectively to the different scenarios thereby averting serious issues in the deliverables are part of why project management practice is very key.
Also being able to assess and project possible outcomes also helps the work of a project manager. Seeing a possible demand or need in the course of a project and making adequate or alternate solution to cater for such inadequacy as well as carrying along all stakeholders with possible decisions and outcomes helps in checkmating losses, failures in any project.
Although with all these considerations , it also does not make project management full proof but it helps to minimize risk and avert a lot of crisis most times
The approach to solving problems especially when faced with making difficult decisions like quitting a project, making plan for contingencies etc. varies, however, the place of collaboration with all parties and possible compromises without losing goal of the project or standards and quality of work and also the ability to negotiate are really important.
projects goals and organizational goals can change over time and therefore the project manager has to make difficult decisions such as termination of projects, especially if it’s not meeting its objectives or if there are significant changes in organizational priorities.
They can act differently in different context due to change in client requirements, project budget, project life cycle phase, change in political factors etc.
From what I understand, there are challenges you must face during a project period… But at the end of the decisions, sacrifices, setbacks and all, the project must go on.