It’s not like you want to sit and read it as a book, but it’s something that you can refer to figure out what the next step is.Ī procedure, on the other hand, is a checklist, just a straight up-and-down-the-list checklist. Now, if you even have one subcontractor that works with you, you should have some sort of basic policy, just “these are the days we’re closed, these are the hours of operation,” those types of things to help them understand the expectation of when they should be available.Ī process is a system.
If you are a one-person shop, you probably don’t need a rule that says what time you open in the morning and what time you leave and what are the requirements to do your timesheet. Let’s first talk about the difference between policy, process, and procedure. We’re going to talk through those three things. You have processes and procedures, and then there’s also project management then on top of that. That’s going to be more for multi-person teams. We want to be able to repeat successes, prevent disorganization. We want to add structure that makes things a little bit easier. You want to add some structure, but we don’t want to add this layer of bureaucracy that makes things harder. Many of the small businesses like yourself, you don’t want to add bureaucracy. Let’s solve the root problem, and just so you know, all businesses have the same challenges. I don’t want them to be running you and your life. The bottom line comes down to I want you to be running your business and projects. I am sure that you all wish you had a way to keep things organized instead of stacks of paper or everything in email. That would help me a little bit in pointing some of my presentations to you. I’m guessing, and I’d love to see in the chat if, or, I guess in the Q&A, if you can tell me as we go, and then I can try to tailor a little bit, whether or not you work with some contractors or other team members or if you have people to delegate to or if you’re just all one-person shops. I’m going to assume that many of you struggle with finishing your projects that you probably have some problems managing scope that you get pulled in a lot of different directions, you don’t always know what to work on next, probably just answering the squeakiest wheel question, bouncing around a little bit. I’m going to address some of the problems that you guys are probably facing.
The biggest company I work with right now is about 25 people.Įnough about me. I’ve always worked for small companies, and that’s who I serve now too. I am the wife of a mechanic and the mother of two cats and a dog, and I am the daughter, sister, and best friend of small business owners. Other people might think I’m insane, but I think it’s a blast. Let me just tell you, as a project manager, if you do those types of events, you have a spreadsheet for it, so you get to project-manage your hobby. I am a Texan, and I’m a Texas Aggie, class of ’88. I’m a non-technical, non-certified project manager, but I love technology.
I do participate in the forums and I have spoken at Xojo last year, and I will be there again this year. Let me tell you a little bit more about me since you guys don’t know me that well.
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A lot of this is very targeted to the software development world. I run Beyond the Chaos, and Beyond the Chaos does operational and project management system setup and actual project management for small companies, many software development companies. Good to see you, or, I guess, not see, but hear me, guys. Wayne: Now I’m going to pass over to Susan who’s going to do her presentation on managing your projects to success.
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Please find the full video transcript below: In this presentation, I cover some of the most common project problems that software developers run into and how you can use project management tips for managing your project to success. I presented “Managing Your Projects to Success” to the Xojo Virtual User Group in February 2018.