From the course: Leading Projects
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Execute the project plan
- Execution is where the rubber meets the road for project leaders and their teams. In this video, we'll look at how to be successful when you make this shift, from creating a project plan to executing that plan. I've heard people say that no plan survives its first contact with reality. (laughs) So in order to ensure that the team has the best chance for success during the execution phase, the project leader really needs to stay focused on three things, communication, metrics, and issues. First and foremost, the leader needs to maintain communication with, and between, the members of the team. Maintaining communication sounds easy, but it can be really hard. When team members start executing, they can get so focused on their own work that they forget about where it fits in with all of the other activities. One way to help inoculate your team against this situation is to share the communication plan with them early…
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