Question

Discussion on the current universal challenges faced by project managers.

(minimum of TEN challenges)

Answer 1

The current universal challenges faced by project managers:

1. Corporate problems: The first problem faced by the managers is internal problems such as organizations not properly define the goals and objective of the business before going into. If the project don’t have the right goals and objective it will fails at the end.
2. Problems with team members: Project success is totally depending upon the peoples who are executing the project. The project will slow down if the team members are inexperienced or they don’t have enough skills to handle that project.
3. High risk: As a project manager you have to ensure that risk in the project is very low. This is very difficult task to handle if internal factor affecting your work.
4. Communication issue: It is very big challenge for project manager that they will face communication issue between you and tea members. If you want to remove the communication gap then you have to be open to everybody so that they can come to you with their problems.
5. Deadlines: As a manager you have to share the possible deadlines with their team members.
6. Lack of resources: For completing a project efficiently and effectively team members required proper resources. If they don’t have the proper resources they are unable to complete the task.
7. Poor stakeholder engagement
8. Lack of skills: Team should be formed after project selection because it helps to create a good team with proper skill which is required to complete the project.
9. Virtual teams are a big challenge for today’s world because project manager found difficulties to manage virtual team members. In virtual team the team members are work together but they are working from different locations.
10. Budget: Project manager have to complete the project within provided budget.