{"id":34475,"date":"2019-01-07T13:55:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T19:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strategymanage.com.tempdomain.com\/?p=34475"},"modified":"2020-01-30T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:47:02","slug":"10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Common Mistakes That Young or Inexperienced Project Managers Make &#8211; Mistake 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.9&#8243;]<h2><span style=\"color: #1d5878;\">Pretending to Know More than You Actually Do<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/Portals\/0\/images\/Wes%20Blog\/Super%20bizwoman%20presenting_350x233.png\" style=\"float: right; padding: 15px;\" \/>For the most part, project managers today possess an understanding of technology rather than a command of technology yet persist in trying to make technical decisions on the project. This usually infuriates line managers to the show him who\u2019s boss.<\/p>\n<p>The size and complexity of today\u2019s projects should make it clear to project managers that they must rely heavily upon the assigned subject matter experts and functional leads for technical direction and support. On some projects, such as in R&amp;D, project manager assignments may be dictated by a requirement for a command of technology rather than just an understanding, but this is an exception rather than the rule. Good project managers know their limitations and never try to dictate a solution without first consulting with the true experts. Know your limits and let the experts do what they do best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strategymanage.com\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make---mistake-1\/\">Read mistake #1 &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strategymanage.com\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make---mistake-3\/\">Read mistake #3 &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThis is the second part of a series of blogs which highlights the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make that could prevent your projects on being successful.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":35753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[57,15],"class_list":["post-34475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-project-management","tag-strategy-execution"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.13 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Common Mistakes That Young or Inexperienced Project Managers Make - Mistake 2 - Balanced Scorecard Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Common Mistakes That Young or Inexperienced Project Managers Make - Mistake 2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the second part of a series of blogs which highlights the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make that could prevent your projects on being successful.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Balanced Scorecard Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StrategyManagementGroup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-07T19:55:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-30T21:47:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Super-bizwoman-presenting_web.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Wes Balakian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BSCInstitute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BSCInstitute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wes Balakian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Wes Balakian\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/97e5e3e6b35f7c32d925a833b2a9bbcc\"},\"headline\":\"10 Common Mistakes That Young or Inexperienced Project Managers Make &#8211; 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