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Consulting Methodology

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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 and if used properly and efficiently will save you a significant amount of time and facilitate management for all your colleagues.

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