It is possible to carry out a simple enough self-test tosee if your group needs collaborative project
management guidance.
This particular test consists of four simple questions.
Question one basically asks: “are
all your projects performing to
expectations and are they
delivering the results your
customers expect?”.
If the answer to this question is
yes, then you have absolutely
nothing to worry about.
If the answer to this question is
no, then you should probably
proceed to question two!
If you answered ‘no’ to the first
question, then it's worthwhile
asking: “can you at least see into
and get real time visibility into
these projects?”
If the projects aren't running the
way you wish, then you should at
least be able to see what's going on
in the projects so you can take the
appropriate actions.
If you answer yes to this question,
you're probably in good shape. But
if you answer no, you should
probably proceed to question
three!
QUESTION 3:
ARE ALL THE INDIVIDUALSINVOLVED SKILLED AND TRAINEDIN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
MANAGEMENT?
Question three then is framed as
follows: it says that if you can't see
into what's happening on the
projects, are all the people
involved in the projects skilled and
trained in project management or
collaborative project management?
If they are, then you probably have
very little to worry about.
But if they're not and you answer
no to this question, then you
probably should proceed to
question four.
QUESTION 4:
DO YOU HAVE LOCAL GUIDANCEWITH LOCAL TEMPLATES ON HOW
TO DELIVER PROJECTSCOLLABORATIVELY?
Question four is asking: what if the
projects aren't working the way
you wish and you can't see into the
projects and the people don't have
great and deep training in project
management? Is there at least local
guidance and templates available
on how to deliver projects
collaboratively?
If you answer “no” to the aforementioned questions, then it probably
makes sense to develop or find some local collaborative project
management guidance.
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