Increase Efficiency of IT Tasks Using Project Management Strategies

Many projects have risk attached to them, especially when they involve technology. Proper project management applications can reduce the dangers and ensure systems stay on track and within budget by helping to monitor adoption rates, perform audits and track return on investment (ROI).

Employee adoption remains one of the larger obstacles for business technology success. When new programs or devices are not used to their full potential, companies lose out. According to a new Corporate Executive Board study, IT investments can lose up to 25 percent in ROI due to poor user adoption.

There are a handful of ways to get employees to embrace a new system. Training and bringing workers in on the decision making process early on can be very helpful. Companies can also keep track of user buy-in with a project management information system. An article in CustomerThink suggests that using software to monitor and audit IT projects has several benefits.

"Audits identify areas of problems and corrective action," wrote Jason Whitehead, the author of the article. "The reason audits have been used in so many areas of an organization, for so many years, is that they work. Audits are an effective way to check to see what is really happening in your organization, determine where you have problems and define specific actions and deadlines for correcting problems."

By deploying a project management solution, businesses can track usage of other applications, as well as software and hardware solutions. By staying on top of these figures, companies can avoid many of the pitfalls that come with implementing new technologies.

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5 Steps to Achieve Your Goals

1. Don’t take no for an answer

You have to make it happen even if the odds are against you, even if others tell you “you can’t do it” .  Understand that success often lies behind a thick wall of rejection. Don’t let that stop you. When you know you are into something special, you have to stand your ground.

2. Have a definite purpose

Take continuous action on your plan, close your mind tightly against negativity and surround yourself with people. A definite purpose backed by a burning desire for its fulfillment is what will allow you to reach your goal.

3. Fake it until you make it

See yourself already as the best you can be. Create pictures in your imagination of what you want to achieve. Visualize your goal to every last detail and you will be able to clearly define your road to success.

4. Have faith

Faith provides you with the power to persist, only you know what you are capable of.  Faith will provide you with inspiration, power, self-confidence.

Open Communication Unlocks the Best Out of Your Team

Communication is part of your Social Skills- a component of your Social Competence.

While Social Skills, in general, are related to your adeptness at inducing desirable responses in others -Communication relates to your ability to listen openly and sending convincing messages.

People who have this competence usually:

•    Are effective in giving and taking
•    Register emotional cues, by attuning their message and response.
•    Deal with difficult issues straightforwardly
•    Listen well and seek mutual understanding.
•    Welcome sharing of information in a full and clear manner.
•    Foster open communication and stay receptive to bad news as well as good ones.

On a business level, it is of utmost importance to have an open and honest channel of communication -  otherwise, you might always ask yourself: "are they telling me only what they want me to hear instead of what I need to know?"

In business, creating an atmosphere of open and honest communication, allows brilliant ideas to flourish - it unlocks the value and potential of employees and everyone involved within an organization. When you communicate openly, you open the possibility of getting the best out of people; their energy, their creativity.

Acknowledgement of accomplishments is also another important part of communication - communicating with positive emotion and rewarding success; on the other hand keeping cool and composed when results are not as expected.

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