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Project Management & Life: Why Organization Matters

Project Management & Life: Why Organization Matters

By Jim Harkless
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The difference between good companies and great companies is not how hard they work. Hard work is a very common core value that is the centerpiece of many organizations’ existence.

The difference between effective and ineffective business plans often boils down to how well a business can articulate and quickly implement strategic and tactical changes in their approach to the marketplace. Even the top experts in a given field will be listless and ineffectual without proper structure and organization. Thus, how a company’s plan is organized and executed is of utmost importance.

The key to successfully organizing a department, special task force, or entire company is to first gain a comprehensive overview of its mission and purpose. If a company’s leadership is unable to communicate the core assignment of a team, then how will you ever expect the team to carry it out?

The hard truth is that the success or failure of a given project is often decided far before the actual work ever begins. It all starts with a strong commitment to organization.

So what’s the best method to begin organizing effectively? Though there are many ways to go about the task, you can jump start the process by using marketing project management software. Many companies are turning to a project management approach due in part to the significant advancements made in the field in recent years.

Where project management used to be an isolated disciplined, regulated to a few managers or salespeople in need of such tools, current implementations have integrated so many features that it’s starting to be essential for all disciplines across a wide array of industries.

Scheduling, sharing, online document management, and collaboration software have all been lumped into one easy solution in the case of modern programs like Basecamp or Workzone.

What all this means is that a useful but limited spreadsheet generator like Microsoft Project isn’t nearly as handy or versatile as modern solutions. Now, the data you generate and analyze can be shared instantly to anyone in the company’s network, whether a key businessperson is online at the office or working from his or her laptop across the world.

Where MS Project emphasized project management for its own sake, MS Project alternative have vastly expanded the utility of project management. It won’t just simply organize your projects anymore; now it can help organize your entire business structure.

Whatever your current marketing push or business initiative happens to be, there’s always room for more organization, synchronization, and synergy throughout every level of your company. When wildly different personality types and departments find themselves harmonizing effortlessly through the use of modern networking software, your company will have hit the “sweet spot” for sales success.