#7 - My Project is the most important project
Yes your project may have the highest priority but is it really the most important to the organization? Does having a high priority guarantee that you will get budget or resources that you need? The answer is not always. Companies live in the moment when it comes to most projects. They want what they want today. Thus your project may be a high priority but if sales is hgearing up for a new campaign that launches in 6 weeks their IT project that supports that campaign will be front and center on evrybodies mind.
As a PM it is important to understand the other projects in the portfolio that may impact your project. Does your project and the sales project need web developers? If so then that is a risk that you need to manage to. Paying attention to the company portfolio of projects will help you idenyify these risks quicker so you can mitigate and manage them more effectively.
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