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Vol. XI Issue XII - December 2009
Project Management eJournal

 

PM ADVISORY:

How to Get Things Done

By Jeff Oltmann

Synergy Professional Services, LLC
Portland, Oregon, USA

Avoid the Mire

S

ome projects get off to a fast start, but soon lose momentum and become mired.  You can do two things to avoid this fate on the projects you lead.

  • Create a project culture that favors action.

  • Implement a consistent system for measuring progress on projects.

Read on to see how.

Build an Action Environment

First, invest in building a project environment that values getting things done.  As a leader, your behavior sets tone and expectations.    Personally demonstrate four  behaviors – driving, delegating, listening and measuring – that show you’re serious about action and progress.  

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Jeff Oltman

About the Author

Jeff Oltmann, PMP

Author

USA

Jeff Oltmann is principal consultant at Synergy Professional Services, LLC in Portland, Oregon (www.spspro.com). He is also on the graduate faculty of the Division of Management at Oregon Health and Science University. His specialties include strategy deployment, operational excellence, and project portfolio management. Jeff is a seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience managing successful technology programs. He ran the Program Management Office (PMO) and a $60M project portfolio for IBM’s xSeries development facility in Oregon. Jeff’s hands-on program management experience includes program budgets over $100M and worldwide cross-functional teams of over 100 members. Jeff welcomes your questions and ideas. You can contact him at jeff@spspro.com or read previous articles at www.spspro.com/resources.htm.

 


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