5 Project Management Mistakes That Will Sabotage Your Career!

Here are 5 project management mistakes you should never make.

1.     Setting Goals Without Your Team Consent

It is critical to hold a kick-off project meeting with all team members before setting goals and making projections about upcoming projects. A kick-off meeting can help you set the right expectations and organize your team by ensuring that everyone understands their roles and responsibilities. It will also prevent you from setting unrealistic deadlines, which is one of the leading causes of project failure.

  2.     Not Prioritizing Tasks and Projects

Not all projects are created equal. While some projects have a strict deadline, others do not. Some projects are more complex and have a larger scope than others. Most project managers overlook this and begin a project with a long deadline while neglecting a project with a short deadline. So, how will you effectively manage all of your projects? This is where project prioritization comes in handy. In fact, you should prioritize tasks and sub-tasks down to the granular level. Using online task management software, you can easily accomplish this.

3.     Incompetent Project Manager and Team

Project failure is one of the consequences of poor project management. Hiring an inexperienced or unskilled project manager is one of the major causes of project failure. You might be surprised to learn that 70% of project managers in small and medium-sized businesses lack formal training and are not certified, professionals. Certified project managers, according to a report, complete 80 percent of projects successfully.

4.     Letting Project Scope Grow Out of Proportion

Scope creep is a term you'll hear a lot in project management, but what exactly is it? Scope creep is defined as “adding more features and functionality without addressing the effects on time, costs, and resources, or without customer approval,” according to the PMBOK and PMP bootcamp learnings. This happens when projects aren't properly defined, documented, or controlled. One of the most significant project management issues that lead to project failure is this.

5.     Poor Communication with Team and Stakeholders

Poor communication and collaboration among your team members can be disastrous to your project's success. Did you know that poor communication accounts for 57% of project failures? Maintain constant communication with your team and strive to keep them united in order to achieve a common goal.