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It is true that nobody likes deadlines but they are vital for keeping projects and other deliverables on track. It happens too often that some of the major initiatives get bogged down by the weight of daily work, emails, and meetings. It becomes more stressful especially in the case where a project is assigned to a team because gathering all the members and explaining to them the expectations of the client or the top management.
If you want to outcomes to stay up to the mark of your own expectations, following are the tips that will guide you to deliver the project on a deadline:
Discuss goals clearly:
When you are assigned a project, make a plan yourself before discussing it with your team members. By understanding the project yourself and working upon it, you will be better able to explain it to others. Discuss the goals in simple language and make sure if they have understood everything right.
Make a project agenda:
For a better understanding of a project, it is necessary that you build up a project agenda. An agenda can be defined as an outline that covers the important points of a project. This will help to avoid off-topic discussions and to successful start work towards the actual project at hand.
Be careful of the time:
The most precious resource when a project needs to be completed is time and you should be very careful about how you spend it. Spend less amount of time on meetings and even if during a discussion anyone goes off the topic, redirect the discussion and make it end soon.
Take notes during a discussion:
During a meeting, assign someone to take precise notes of all the agreements at the meetings. It will help to avoid conflicts at the end because all members will remember what they had agreed to do. Send a copy of the notes every time you make a discussion so that everyone remembers what their responsibility is.
