Struggles being a Project Manager… why is it hard?! 🆘 😱
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2024
- These are the struggles I've been experiencing as a Project Manager, and what I'm doing to overcome them. Let's dig in!
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Welcome back to our continued series for my PM Diaries, where we'll be diving into some of the struggles I’m experiencing working as a Project Manager. There will be struggles regardless of which career you choose, and I wanted to share with you what I’ve struggled with as a project manager, and my plan with how I’m overcoming them. My hope is that this will connect & resonate with you, and that you can learn from ALL of my lessons learned, and apply this to yourself, so you can accelerate your career faster as a Project Manager, and beyond!
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ABOUT THE VIDEO - Alvin reveals some of the struggles he’s experiencing working as a Project Manager, and his strategy for overcoming them in his career. Let’s dive in!
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➡➡Leave me a comment down below - What are some of the biggest challenges you're experiencing right now in your career? Let's engage and let's build a community here, so we can help each other win!
I absolutely resonate with the holding people who do not directly report to you accountable. Thank you.
So glad to hear that you could resonate with this video! I completely agree as well - it's very difficult to hold people accountable for their work, if they don't report to you - it's why I believe it's important to build relationships so you can tap into the "soft" skill side of things and hopefully, use persuasion and negotiation
I have just started to gain information on PMP course and i wanted to take time to appreciate your honesty and patience in trying to reach out newbies like us. I like the way you make the subject realistically connecting with your viewers thereby compelling them to not ignore your work. Please i need your guidance on from where and which video of yours in sequence to start preparing for PMP course. Thanks 🙏
So glad you're finding a lot of my videos helpful! I've created a ton of videos on how to pass the PMP Exam, so you're in luck! To get started with your PMP Exam, I encourage you to check out these videos:
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Can you share the test case report by EOD ? ❌️
Say like this - Hey, Can we count on you to have the test case report by end of day ? ✅️
It shows team work in lieu of authority, trust, respect. Awesome, sir. Please make a full video on such excellent words/sentences.❤
Really glad you found it helpful!!
I as experiencing challenges as l look to study for pm certifications including CAPM, Prince 2, and in my current career which l to feel l am not as challenging as it used to be it an everyday battle but l feel that l getting some focus and started going back to the gym , 😳be healthier , updating my vision board , also the business hustle plans l have with my wife to be in terms us having our our businesses develop passive income streams. But I find these PM diary blogs really helpful Alvin. 👍🏾
Thanks Mark, glad to hear from you! Nice work with going back to the gym and staying focused on being healthier! It's been a struggle for me as well dedicating time to go back to the gym. Also, great to hear that you're looking into business hustle plans to develop some passive income streams. I plan to release an upcoming video about books I'm reading, so that I can learn more about business & entrepreneurship this year. Definitely stay tuned for when I release that video
All that you say here is true.
So glad that you were able to resonate with what I shared in this video!
It's been hard trying to land a project manager job as an entry level😢
I completely know how you feel, it is extremely challenging to land an entry-level PM job if you don't have experience. I'll be releasing a future video about this, and hopefully it'll help you out when applying
What type of project management dashboard reporting system do you recommend that can be easily implemented in organization that might not have a standard PM reporting template.
It'll depend on your organization's budget and what they're looking for. I've used in the past, very comprehensive Portfolio Management Software, that had built in reporting dashboards, such as Workfront and Clarizen. For much smaller companies, I've used simple tools like Excel or whichever PM Software my organization was using. I'll add this a video idea to my list for future videos to create
Challenges? Scope creep. Definitely scope creep. 🙂
Completely agree with you, scope creep is always a big challenge!