Consulting Methodology

Even the simplest framework can empower people to do great things

This page describes some of the tools, charts and strategies that will help you at best in your project management work.

1. Use SMART criteria when defining a goal, a jira task or any tasks. Put very sim­ply, SMART objec­tives (or SMART goals) are a form of objec­tive set­ting which allows man­agers and employ­ees to cre­ate, track and accom­plish, short-and-long-term goals. The ​“S” in SMART usu­al­ly stands for spe­cif­ic, to ensure the objec­tive is not vague. Unclear objec­tives are a recipe for dis­as­ter and leave employ­ees uncer­tain how to act, which means you will not expe­ri­ence a true increase in pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. ​The “M” in SMART near­ly always stands for measurable. It is impor­tant for both an employ­ee and their man­ag­er to under­stand what suc­cess looks like for the objec­tive. The "A" in SMART stands for either "achiev­able" or "attain­able". It is of major importance that the goal or objective can be achieved and is realistic. The "R" in SMART stands for either "relevant". An effec­tive per­for­mance objec­tive should be rel­e­vant to what the organ­i­sa­tion and/​or the team needs to achieve. Oth­er­wise, objec­tives could be suc­cess­ful­ly deliv­ered but have no impact on the over­all per­for­mance of the organ­i­sa­tion — defeat­ing the ulti­mate pur­pose of per­for­mance man­age­ment. The "T" in SMART stands for either "time-bound". It is very impor­tant that objec­tives have a tar­get date, or a time frame for when they should be com­plet­ed — hence time-bound. This not only pro­vides a sense of urgency but also helps when it comes to review­ing whether or not the objec­tive has been suc­cess­ful­ly achieved.

2. Prioritize great design before implementation. For this purpose, use Lucidchart and here is a list of valuable template you can leverage:

   1. Gantt chart

   2. Pugh matrix

   3. Prioritization matrix

   4. Impact effort matrix

   5. Eisenhower matrix

   6. BCG matrix

   7. Kanban board

   8. Process flow

   9. 5 whys

   10. DMAIC

3. Use at best the Astrafy internal tools Those tools are listed here and if used properly and efficiently will save you a significant amount of time and facilitate management for all your colleagues.