There are various kinds of project management tools. The
wide variety of project management support blogs and website on the internet,
there are all sorts of weird and wonderful things popping up that claim to help
deliver successful projects. Sometimes we need to complete the successful
projects then we find basic project management tools that can help us where we
need to be.
So, there are three most important and tested tools for
project managers to use.
1
Brainstorming: Brainstorming is the least
complicated and easiest tool to use anytime and anywhere. When people are
engaged in a brainstorming discussion, the ideas should be come out and
everyone should participate the discussion. The technique of brainstorming can
help with everything from problem solving to testing. In the project planning
process conduct brainstorming sessions and follow some guidelines are: forbid
negative comments and criticism, go for high quantity of ideas, encourage people
to think outside the box, look you ways to combine new ideas w2ith existing
ideas.
2
Fishbone diagrams: The diagrams of fishbone are
visual representation of the several information that any one gathers during
brainstorming, problem solving, or troubleshooting. It is way to organize your
thoughts into like groups and establish relationships between those thoughts.
The fishbone diagram usually two sections, left-hand side list the main cause
or problem of situation, and right-hand side list the factors that effects the
situation, and each ribs of the fish writ the sub issues and effects of the
situation. So, the end result of this diagram is that you have a kind of map of
the situation.
3 Gantt charts: Gantt charts are effectively used
for the budgeting, scheduling or presenting the project plans. These charts
help you work out practical aspects of a project in the minimum time. Through
the Gantt charts all tasks done on sequencly and on time.
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