meeting pitfall
Poor communication
Ways to improve
Choose proper channels of communication. If you create a chat in a messenger, make sure everyone involved is presented there. Or if you need to have instant communication, do not write emails as it is time consuming and ineffective for quick conversation.
Do not forget about conversation face to face. Hold meetings on a regular basis and choose the right way to speak to your colleagues.
Unclear roles, responsibilities and deliverables
Ways to improve
Hold a meeting at the very beginning where all expectations and overall course will be set. Put all critical information down in a project scope statement. You are free to refer to this document at any project stage when there is a need to clarify things and not to let everything go in the wrong direction.
Lack of breaking down projects into smaller tasks
Way to improve
To avoid these pitfalls in project management, divide all work into pieces with clear short-term time limits, clear objectives and tools to perform them. Thus you create atmosphere where team members feel comfortable about manageable tasks and time limits
Lack of trust and delegation
Ways to improve
To avoid this pitfall in project management, a manager can delegate tasks to people who will do their best to accomplish them. Moreover, trust and delegation has a psychological impact on participants. They boost morale and everyone feels like a part of a team and not just gears in a complicated device.
Listen to your people and consider their opinion.
A poorly created project plan
Ways to improve
Do not even try to manage projects without a made up in advance plan. Be aware that it should answer the following questions: why?, what?, who? and when?
If something goes wrong, it may lead to pitfalls and project scope creep that implies uncontrolled changes and growth of initially planned scope.
No attention to people management
Way to improve
Actually, this point is similar to the first one where communication was described. Speak to your colleagues, remind everyone how his or her role is important for successful project fulfilment without project management pitfalls.