March 16, 2004

Creating a sense of Urgency

A sense of urgency is an essential component to getting a project running and finished. What's interesting is the difference in senses of urgency.

Sometimes its impossible to create the sense of urgency for a party. One could even light matches under the other party's foot, and the party would casually gaze at their foot, and then slowly move it.

Sometimes it is far to easy to make someone excitable, the person remains in fire fighting mode moving from one sense of urgency to the next.

So I find what is essential is to create the sense of urgency and a sense of focus with time to focus on the issues at hand.

Posted by Elyse at March 16, 2004 3:56 AM | TrackBack
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To quote a wise man, "Nothing concentrates the mind like a hanging at dawn".

In this spirit, it has been my experience that REAL deadlines (ie. deadlines with REAL consequences) create urgency like nothing else can. So it is incumbent upon the wise project manager to construct a pattern of milestones and real deadlines for each project participant.

Posted by: David at March 16, 2004 12:00 PM