What Should a New Project Manager Focus On?

It is all too easy to get your head down and focus on the project, but remember that your client is the driving force behind the project for you. The next thing a new project manager needs to focus on is the project hierarchy. So your next focus, as a new project manager, is people. This is your sponsor, steering group, project board, project auditors and assessors, and anyone else who has responsibility for the proper performance of your project. Remember that, as well as managing your project, you are responsible for managing the people on your project.

Key Takeaways:

  • I remember sitting down with a new project manager over coffee. Don’t get me wrong: she had lots of good experience, but was off to manage her first project for a client the next day.
  • Everything follows from this. But if you don’t pay attention to this at the start, then any errors you make may not be forgiven.
  • Whatever name it has, it is super important for understanding the competing tensions and priorities on your project.

“It is all too easy to get your head down and focus on ‘the project’, but remember that your client (or your boss, or your sponsor, or your Project Director) is the driving force behind the project for you.”

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