Let’s have a look at how GREAT Gantt charts are, as well as involving your team. If you involve your team, and you have Gantt, then 95% of your project management problems will either disappear, or become much less serious…..
Problem: —– Solved by: ———- HAVE A GANTT CHART: …… INVOLVE YOUR TEAM:
The plan is all in your head
Realising too late that you have a problem with time or money
Team not invested / doesn’t care about the success of the project
Over-optimism / risks under-estimated
In denial – trying to fix things too late
Not learning from previous projects
Weak at the start – saying yes to the impossible, or “maybe” to the unknown
Unclear specification at the start
Resources suddenly taken for other projects
Project Manager not an expert
The money looked OK on its own (spend to date was as planned)
Caught out by on-linear spend, e.g. sting in the tail, or first part should have been cheaper
Not enough contingency
Forgot some tasks (or some dependencies)
Estimates came from customer’s required dates or costs
Not enough control of what is going on
Not enough resources
Pressure to start without enough planning
Micro-management
