Project Management Facilitator is often an informal role (or sometimes a formal one) usually undertaken by PM (or his/her assistants) who assume(s) a number of buffering and intermediary functions between participants of different project processes to ensure consistent and integrated work-style. Project Management facilitation jobs can be allotted between several project team members, and basically Project Management facilitating functions include the following:
- Observation and evangelizing of the best practices;
- Coaching and mentoring the staff;
- Judgment sessions and trainings;
- Professional development plans;
- Bettering and facilitating communications;
While the key Project Management facilitation skills (besides a good experience in project management) comprise the personal traits such as attentiveness, accurateness, sociability, lecturing skills, etc, the professional skills (knowledge of standards, specific project, HR management, etc) can be developed via providing Project Management facilitation trainings to appropriate project team members. The project management facilitation can be managed via using software such as one represented below:
VIP Task Manager is a project management product for SME, and it can be used by project managers for planning and controlling project’s progress & providing facilitation services to project team members and stakeholders.
For effective project facilitation – do the following:
- start your project management software;
- organize your project on the Task Tree view;
- schedule your project tasks in terms of their time, costs, etc;
- assign tasks to employees and track their performance;
- analyze results via using Filters, Footers, Custom Fields to know if your project meets the plan, staff’s productivity, efficiency of individuals and units, etc;
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