3 Ways Project Managers Help Entrepreneurs
What is a Project Manager? What is it that we do? The technical response from the Project Management Institution is:
They are organized, passionate and goal-oriented who understand what projects have in common, and their strategic role in how organizations succeed, learn and change.
Project managers are change agents: they make project goals their own and use their skills and expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team. They enjoy the organized adrenaline of new challenges and the responsibility of driving business results. Full description here.
The easiest way to put it is, we help make dreams come true. Planning your dreams so they become an achievable reality. Do you have a goal to curate a conference? Dream of moving your business to another country? Dream of starting a business? Project Management can help with nearly any dream! Our service is to provide you strategic and tactical ways to achieve your desired goal as a solopreneur or as a mighty team. Let’s take starting a storefront business. It can be very overwhelming, but what if you had someone on your team who can help navigate your entire lifecycle towards launch? This person would;
set and follow a budget -including but not limited to, overseeing employee timesheets, bring on vendors that are within budget and are able to perform at the level required;
create a timeline -a daily schedule to track progress, ensuring success with major milestones, confirming tracement of necessary paperwork for the business formation
manage the vendor contracts -such as website and logo creators, interior designers; an inventory list of equipment; requesting quotes from builders
A special trait Project Managers have, is the ability to adapt to every project’s unique needs. The best thing for your business is orchestrating a great team. Incorporating a Project Manager on your team can save you, the creator, numerous hours and headaches of endless planning. As the CEO you shouldn’t have to worry about timelines, schedules, and vendor accountability, leave this to Project Managers. You require more time in building your business and creating new streams of income. There is more depth to involving a project manager. Project Managers’ main focus is to help you achieve your goals for the project. If this piques your interest you probably require a project manager for your business.