Shout About Your Projects The Easy Way

Shout About Your Projects The Easy Way

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When working in a large organisation it is often difficult for project managers to get their projects noticed, especially if they are running smoothly and causing little disruption, and this can be very annoying if you have put your heart and soul into a project, or if it will benefit others.

This is even more difficult in the current economic state where people are doing multiple roles and have more to do than ever, so how do you make sure your projects are given the spotlight when things are going well, and not just if something goes wrong?

Taking a tip from Public Relations professionals and thinking about the prelaunch buzz is a really good way to get your colleagues behind you. As soon as you are assigned a project, make it your number one task to tell people about it so that as many people know in advance before you even start working on it. Use both official and unofficial channel of communication, to reach your colleagues in different ways. Do the usual things like sending emails outlining the project, but also use any social opportunities to chat more casually about the project and get people interested. If you do the groundwork before the project, then once you start working on it people will already be interested.

Another top tip is to get buy in from the big wigs. Obviously your immediate bosses will be aware of the project and behind it (although not always!) but try and get it on the radar of the execs from other departments in the business. It is also wise to really utilise your executive leaders' interest in the project, so involve them more than you would maybe like to, ask their advice and keep them in the reporting loop. This way when you need something they will be more receptive, and when successes come along they will be more likely to shout about them.

My final, and possibly most important tip, is to make sure you keep people in the loop. Use reporting to add transparency to the project so everyone knows where it's up to, what it's about and how successful it is, and make sure key colleagues and managers are on the reporting list

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project management software can be a good way of keeoing colleagues in the loop and if you choose one with a bug tracker this makes it even easier



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