How to overcome from project challenges? - 3) Lack of Clear Project Goals

Another common project management challenge is the lack of clear project goals and misalignment between goals and core business objectives.

This issue often arises due to poor planning.

This isn’t necessarily the fault of a project manager. In many cases, companies fail to put sufficient time and effort into not only properly planning projects but ensuring those projects are aligned with a business strategy or roadmap.

In some product based companies, to sell product lot of false commitment are given to get the contract by sales team. Once it come's to project manager, he get insufficient time to complete the project.

Goals should be clearly stated and realistic. You should also be able to show how every action taken moves you closer to achieving the goal. This means you can measure the impact of the team and individual project members.

SMART goal setting is the option to over come from the Lack of clear project goals.

The acronym “SMART” means specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.

CLEAR goal setting is the option to over come from the Lack of clear project goals.

Collaborative – Encourage teamwork

Limited – Set clear time and scope limits to make the project easier to manage

Emotional – Define goals that will appeal to the employees’ emotions and motivate them

Appreciable – Set intermediate goals that will be easier to achieve

Refinable – Set goals that can be refined according to the situations encountered along the way

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