{"id":35024,"date":"2019-02-27T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strategymanage.com.tempdomain.com\/?p=35024"},"modified":"2020-01-30T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:46:15","slug":"10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-9\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Common Mistakes That Young or Inexperienced Project Managers Make &#8211; Mistake 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t[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;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;]<h2><span style=\"color: #1d5878;\">Not Fully Understanding Requirements<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/Portals\/0\/images\/Wes%20Blog\/Confused%20Bizwoman_350x233.png\" style=\"float: right; padding: 15px;\" \/>The more inexperienced the project manager, the greater the likelihood the project manager will use his\/her interpretation of the requirements rather than consulting with the subject matter experts. This can lead to misdirection in the technical approach and expensive changes in the later stages of the project.<\/p>\n<p>There are underlying issues that can create this problem, the most prevalent one being the timing of when to bring the project manager on board. The 6th edition of the PMBOK\u00ae Guide discusses understanding stakeholder requirements. Oftentimes, it is not the project manager that directly interfaces with the stakeholders initially but more so sales and marketing personnel that may be required to prepare a proposal as part of competitive bidding. The project manager then inherits the requirements and may not be fully aware of the assumptions that went into the preparation of the proposal. The sooner a project manager can become involved in a project the better. When they understand what success is supposed to look like they will make it happen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strategymanage.com\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-8\/\">Read mistake #8 &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strategymanage.com\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-10\/\">Read mistake #10 &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThis is the ninth 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":35738,"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-35024","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 9 - 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-9\/\" \/>\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 9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the ninth 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-9\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-02-27T15:07:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-30T21:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Confused-Bizwoman_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-9\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/balancedscorecard.org\/staging\/blog\/10-common-mistakes-that-young-or-inexperienced-project-managers-make-mistake-9\/\"},\"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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