Assign everyone's role and responsibilities. Confirm everyone's expected performance, monitor how things are going and the results, fix problems as they arise and keep everyone informed on how things are going, including problems and any revisions in the plan. Projects can be large or small. They could involve hundreds of people, such as the training of your entire company on diversity. Or a project might just involve you wanting to create a new filing system in your office.
Projects always have specific outcomes and dates when the work begins and ends.
The more thoroughly you plan and manage these, the more likely you are to succeed. Well, some projects are more predictable than others. But people who are awaiting the results still have expectations about what they'll get and when. All this advance planning and organizing can help ensure that you'll meet those expectations, Portny said. Making it more likely people do things correctly the first time.