Guide
Process improvement examples for project management
Concrete, low-cost changes that make project delivery more predictable — most of them organisational rather than technical.
Modern project management demands tools and practices that are agile, efficient and adaptable. The improvements that pay off most are rarely spectacular; they are small changes to how work is described, decided and reported.
Standardise the project template
A shared skeleton — phases, statuses, mandatory fields, a small set of standard deliverables — lets projects be compared without a translation exercise. It is the prerequisite for every consolidated report that follows.
Replace status meetings with a shared board
A meeting whose only purpose is to transmit information can be replaced by a board everyone can read. Keep the meeting for decisions, and give back the rest of the time.
Enter time where the work is
Timesheets filled in from memory a week later are worth little. Entering effort next to the task, with the plan visible, produces data that is accurate enough to steer with — and to bill on.
Close the loop on decisions and risks
Log decisions and risks with an owner and a date, and review them at each project review. The organisation learns; the same problem stops appearing on three consecutive projects.
