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Questions related to the formal and informal methods and techniques used by a project manager to collect, organize, and facilitate communication

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Shall I use my project management style when I'm substituting for my colleague, while he is away?

It is vacation period again, and I was asked to help out with a project while my colleague was on vacation. I don't know too much about the project - unfortunately we aren't that transparent -, but I know the people involved - we are located in the…
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Should a Project Manager be Directive or Supportive?

For me, being directive is saying "do the things that I have told you to do" and supportive is "do what is best for the company, and if you have problem I will support you." To be an effective project manager, which is more important, to be…
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Can I build a strong career as a project manager without in depth technical knowledge?

I am an average developer. I have good web development fundamentals and a CS major. I know what Object oriented programming is, MVC, server client architecture, APIs etc etc Right now I am in a role where I am managing various digital projects and a…
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Scenarios were missed in analysis and testing phases, which resulted in production issues, is this a project management failure?

In one of the projects, we missed analyzing a few things and missed testing a few scenarios. We had separate SA, tech lead, and testing teams. These resulted in production issues. Although I consider that project success is one of the PM's…
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Original vs Revised dates status tracking

I run a program management office, reporting to a client on status of multiple projects on a one-page report card. I need to be able to capture and maintain when a milestone slips, including the final milestone's completion date, but still report…
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Effective Manager drills

I am a tech lead, who had recently transitioned to becoming a people manager. It was something I wanted to try out, though I wasnt quite sure what it meant. After 6 months at it, I am still not quite sure what it means. Oddly enough, despite the…
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Project Sign-off / UAT completion takes very long

In most of my projects, execution and testing goes pretty much in line, but as soon as client starts testing, we get delays in project and it gets delayed by almost 40% of entire project schedule. The major causes being Slow responses from…
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High Level Budget for Project Charter

How much detail should go into putting together a high level budget for a project charter? For example, should I blindly accept the Suggested Budget for the Project before I even breakdown the tasks or the Planning Phase?
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How to Rectify Two Months of Missed Weekly Status Reports to a Customer?

In my team, For the past two months, one of my team failed to share the weekly status reports with a customer during my vacation. I acknowledge that weekly status reports are crucial documentation, providing evidence of progress and communication…
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Why most programmers code alone instead of coding in groups?

Many resources quote that average programmer writes an average 10 lines of code per day. https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=how+many+lines+of+code+do+programmers+write+a+day&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 As per my understanding, this…
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What type of production/project framework is use with products with long lead times and high upfront costs, such as automobiles

I am aware that million dollar presses are used in stamping out auto parts. I am aware that million dollar robots are utilized in assembly of autos. I am interested in what production/project framework is utilized in automotive industry when…
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Team Member does not send meeting response via outlook

One of the team member accepts the meeting with an option "Do not send response". When the meeting was scheduled, his calendar was open. As a PM I do not know if he is attending the meeting or not because the "View Tracking Status" under Outlook…
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What can I do when my boss has no project plan and the structure of application changes systematically?

When boss tells you to make changes in the pre-production system and he/she doesn't know that to make these changes. Each change causes several problems because you have to change the database and system structure in other modules. This repeats…
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How to build an excel based gantt chart that adjusts future activities with delay of previous activities

I am building a project management template (from the standard excel template) that tracks the status of activities as they progress. Some activities are dependent on previous ones so they can only start once another is complete. The time between…
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Newbie Project Coordinator

I'm currently a Business Analyst who's shifting to a new company as a Project Coordinator. I have done quite a bit of coordination as a Business Analyst in my current company. What is the initial process/checkpoints, that a Project Coordinator goes…
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