One of the key measures of success that you will be able to use for a variety of different management projects is just how effectively and efficiently you did something. Yes, the final product is a valid thing to look at and make judgements from, but you need to be aware of exactly how you got there. After all, it is all very well saying that you have successful reached your goal, but if you took over a year to get there and everyone else is only taking three months, then you need to be aware that your efficiency is not matching those who are managing things much better than you.
That is why you need to have a series of check lists that you can apply to any situation that you can use to assess exactly how you are doing when it comes to a particular task. We have created some examples below, and we will take flood cleanup as the example. Go through the following points, and ask yourself: are these questions that I frequently ask myself - and if not, why not?
1. Do I have the right skills?
It does not matter how enthusiastic you can be about a project, if you do not have the right skills then there will definitely be some time lost in the overall project. To use flood cleanup as an example, although many people believe that they can simply wander into the situation and know what to do, flood cleanup is actually a very refined set of procedures, and should not be carried out by someone who is not professionally trained. That means that if you do not have the right skills, you need to take a step back and find someone who does, because they are going to be much more effective and efficient than you.
2. Do I have enough time?
Even if you have the right skills, you may not have enough time to dedicate to the project that it needs. For example, flood cleanup can take a long time, and the longer than it takes the more damage that can be done in the walls, such as damp. If you do not have the time to dedicate to the flood cleanup process, then you can actually realise that you are causing the project to go on longer because you cannot commit to it. The reasonable alternative might be a service to repair flood damages.
3. Do I have a reasonable deadline?
You may have the skills, and you may have the time, but if you have set yourself a completely unreasonable deadline, then you are bound for failure without exceptions. You need to have an idea about how you can be efficient, but efficient does not mean finishing a project really fast and at a low standard so that you can say that it is completed. You need to make sure, especially in cases such as flood cleanup, that you have a reasonable deadline that you can meet while doing the best possible job you can.
That is why you need to have a series of check lists that you can apply to any situation that you can use to assess exactly how you are doing when it comes to a particular task. We have created some examples below, and we will take flood cleanup as the example. Go through the following points, and ask yourself: are these questions that I frequently ask myself - and if not, why not?
1. Do I have the right skills?
It does not matter how enthusiastic you can be about a project, if you do not have the right skills then there will definitely be some time lost in the overall project. To use flood cleanup as an example, although many people believe that they can simply wander into the situation and know what to do, flood cleanup is actually a very refined set of procedures, and should not be carried out by someone who is not professionally trained. That means that if you do not have the right skills, you need to take a step back and find someone who does, because they are going to be much more effective and efficient than you.
2. Do I have enough time?
Even if you have the right skills, you may not have enough time to dedicate to the project that it needs. For example, flood cleanup can take a long time, and the longer than it takes the more damage that can be done in the walls, such as damp. If you do not have the time to dedicate to the flood cleanup process, then you can actually realise that you are causing the project to go on longer because you cannot commit to it. The reasonable alternative might be a service to repair flood damages.
3. Do I have a reasonable deadline?
You may have the skills, and you may have the time, but if you have set yourself a completely unreasonable deadline, then you are bound for failure without exceptions. You need to have an idea about how you can be efficient, but efficient does not mean finishing a project really fast and at a low standard so that you can say that it is completed. You need to make sure, especially in cases such as flood cleanup, that you have a reasonable deadline that you can meet while doing the best possible job you can.