Planning is the most important phase of project management. It includes planning to manage time, risks, changes, quality and plenty of other factors that one faces during project execution. In short, it provides a framework for achieving project objectives. Thus, for a successful project execution, a proper planning is required.

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Project Management is an approach to manage and control project initiatives of an organization. Different projects are handled in different ways, but they all follow a well disciplined approach accompanied with general management skills. The success of any project always depends on how well it was managed. Therefore, it becomes very important to have knowledge on key elements of project in order to manage it more efficiently.

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In a recent chat with a Project Management Institute (PMI) – certified senior project manager, I had asked her about what it was like to be a PM on complicated projects. Her reply was somewhat amusing – “it’s like driving a bunch of wild cats in the same direction, with all of them spitting and hissing at each other and at the PM”. While that may be a slight exaggeration, anyone who has been a project manager even for a very short while knows that it calls for every iota of patience and diplomacy, coupled with the right amount of drive and push to get the job done on scope, on schedule, with the required quality, and while keeping relationships intact with the team and the customer. In an ideal world, the entire eLearning team would work seamlessly, turn out brilliant courses together, and everyone, including the customer, would live happily ever after. If only workplace reality was as simple as that!

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We all are aware that a project manager should follow the typical project management process that includes planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to get the desired outcomes. Apart from following these steps, a project manager needs to focus on maintaining a good relationship and maintain the right communication both with his customers and the in-house team for the successful execution of a project. Let’s see how:

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Project Management is the task of handling a specific project right from scratch till its successful and timely delivery. Leading a project is not an easy job. It includes proper planning, followed by an accurate allocation of time in order to accomplish the given task. There are some important elements which every project manager needs while dealing with projects.

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