article thumbnail

Management Tools For Leaders: The FADE Cycle

Rich Gee Group

Execute plan — Now run with the ball, keep an eye on all resources and deliverables, and keep a tight Gantt chart plan. Tool #4 - The FADE Cycle This week, let’s focus on a simple methodology for problem/process review and improvement - The FADE Cycle.

Tools 195
article thumbnail

Now Is The Time To Plan For 2020.

Rich Gee Group

Use a GANTT chart if needed. December is the perfect time to start laying out your plans for the new year. First, I'd like you to revisit 2019 to better understand where you are and where you need to go.

Planning 300
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Skills that Every Entrepreneur Must Have

Strategy Driven

Keeping a detailed diary and using all the software at your disposal, such as Gantt charts and Workflow spreadsheets, will keep you on the ball and avoid you missing any critical meetings.

article thumbnail

075: Conquer the Entrepreneur’s Kryptonite: Simple Strategic Planning | with James Woosley

Engaging Leader

Rather than the traditional approach of a business plan or a detailed GANTT chart, James Woosley provides a streamlined approach that is more practical and action-oriented. Today’s leaders — whether in business or nonprofit — are expected to be entrepreneurial. The kryptonite that threatens to kill the dreams of every entrepreneur is strategic planning. Many people have no plan and try shooting from the hip, so effort and resources are wasted or unfocused.

article thumbnail

Flexible With People and Rigid With Timelines

The Recovering Engineer

Many of them focused on the checklists, charts, graphs, and planning tools necessary to plan and track project progress and milestone completion. I have used task lists and planning tools that include PERT and Gantt charts. Successful project managers get work done on time and within budget because they know how to work with people and not because they know how to create a perfect Gantt chart.

article thumbnail

The cursed legacy of Microsoft Project

Strategy Driven

If you’re working with a waterfall approach, BigPicture has a built-in Gantt chart that has you covered. The idea of having a project management tool completely separated from your processes and task management is, or should be, a thing of the past.

Project 105
article thumbnail

Communicating Your Project Plan With Stakeholders

Strategy Driven

Gantt chartsGantt charts are ideal for showing the status of the project in real time. However, you will have to explain these charts to most stakeholders, as not everyone will understand what they are looking at. As a project manager, one of the most important things you need to do is communicate effectively. This is something you will learn about extensively during your project management courses.

article thumbnail

Project Management – What is Critical Chain?

Strategy Driven

However, is a good Gantt chart that is predicated on simply coordinating activities (steps) with the proper float and interdependencies adequate to ensure the successful execution phase of the project? Successful project managers know that the success of their project hinges on the development of a solid plan, the diverse consideration of integration challenges, and the right evaluation of resources.

Project 58
article thumbnail

Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder

QAspire

Track value delivered, when you tracked through the Gantt Chart? Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder Sure, as a project manager / business leader, you: Completed the project in given time frame. Within the budget. With minimum schedule deviation. Utilized your resources optimally. Filled up all the required templates. Did retrospective. Celebrated completion. Shared statistical reports with the top management.

article thumbnail

Managing a Remote Team: 12 Best Practices for Better Productivity

Strategy Driven

Have a section in your cloud-based tool where members can easily view a team tree charting who’s reporting to whom, who’s leading whom, who’s working on what, and when they’re expected to deliver. The remote and mobile workforce population is steadily rising. Even IBM adjusted its HR policies to accommodate remote workers. Today, it is one of the top companies that make use of a remote workforce, offering flexible work options, alongside Apple, Dell and Xerox.

article thumbnail

Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business Review

Action plans and Gantt charts can span many pages in pursuit of precision and concreteness. Morsa Images/Getty Images. Peter Drucker said : “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”