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Planning is instrumental for meeting project deadlines, and many projects fail due to poor planning. PM must define the project's scope and determine available resources, set realistic time estimates and evaluate the teams' capabilities.

A great PM will communicate effectively, put their team front and center to develop clear plans that stimulate the team to reaching full potential. The less bureaucracy the better. Many factors must be managed when dealing with "people".

Often, a clients judgement of success or failure depends on whether a project was delivered on time. Therefore, meeting deadlines is critical, as is communication when defining, sequencing, estimating, developing and maintaining a schedule.

A PM must keep a project within its set budget. Even if a project meets a client's expectations and is delivered on time, a failure to constrain cost creep could render the project a failure. PM's constantly review the budget and plan.

A project may have many stakeholders and they must be suitably identified in project plans. A stakeholder has the ability to curtail a project and there are various types of stakeholder and influence, internal and external.

The bigger the project, the more likely there are to be unintended and unplanned hiccups. Whilst inevitable, PM's know how to identify and evaluate potential risks before the project starts, and then avoid or minimise their impact.

During the initial stages, PM's and their teams have a clear vision and high hopes for a desired result. However, when negative events occur, the PM needs to monitor expenses and performance for efficient corrective measures.

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Great PM's can present comprehensive reports that document all requirements and results. Also, the projects history, actions taken, risks mitigated > known as lessons learned (assets); this helps PM's on future, related projects.

A key responsibility of every PM is the minimising of uncertainty, to avoid surprises and involve the client in the project as much as practicable. Effective communication will help ensure the client is aware and happy with performance.