You’re in charge of a major project. What can you do to avoid common deadline mistakes?

Acknowledge the end results required without getting lost in the big picture. Proper assessment, then assignment delegation to the correct team members. With good supervision support, you will quickly notice where struggles are being had, take the time for good assessment of situations and with good communication and teamwork, most hurdles can be turned into stepping stones.

Defining clear objectives is prime in my opinion. It ensures the team has an alignment, clear focus on what is important, a sense of purpose, assists in decision making and lastly measuring progress.

Get the critical stakeholders on board with clear roles and responsibilities. And get the task moving by mobilising the resources.

Los objetivos claros, no se tiene que ser cerrado con los plazos, pero si es necesario que la flexibilidad se limite a lo estrictamente necesario, ya que los cambios en los objetivos pueden deberse a una mala planificación inicial, objetivos claros son resultado de una buena planificación.

Anticipate potential risks and obstacles that could impact project deadlines. Develop contingency plans to mitigate risks and address issues promptly as they arise.

After the project teams have been identified and high level requirements gathering is completed, I like to have a WBS session. The old school white board style with lots of sticky notes. This initiates an interactive team session where everyone's input is valuable. This is what helps divide the project into smaller, manageable tasks with specific deadlines. This acts as the foundation to the project plan creation and thus makes it easier to track progress and identify potential delays.

Es necesario que se gestionen de forma correcta los tiempos, una estimación lo más real posible, si es necesario tomar más tiempo en la planificación para que las estimaciones sean más precisas y a la hora de programar el diagram de Gantt o el sistema que se use, se pueda cumplir a cabalidad y evitar atrasos.

A la hora de tener la planificación y el plan ya esté en producción, las reuniones cada x tiempo con el equipo son infaltables, esto ya que para poder tener un proceso exitoso y una entrega en tiempo y con los requerimientos solicitados, el seguimiento en tiempo y con las herramientas adecuadas hace una gran diferencia

You have to analyze the project to know what it takes , how long it takes and the availability of resources needed to complete the project before giving a deadline,

RAID log is my saviour here. This sets the correct expectations and assures that all the action items and decisions are tracked with supporting docs and the associated risks.

I personally feel, as a PM ensuring realistic deadlines that are achievable is always a challenge. This should be based on the scope of the project, available resources, and team capabilities. Overly ambitious deadlines can lead to burnout and compromise the quality of work.

First We need to take deadline or completion time on factual basis not on assumptions basis. Then need to follow below things during complete project framework designing, 1.Breakdown complete time schedule into micro leveling and ensure definite start and stop of each activities. 2.Resource management along with right skills, right quality and quantity at right time. 3. Reguler reviews with all contactors, vendors and stakeholders. 4.Proactive forecasting for material delivery, site execution, weather conditions, maket conditions, mitigation plan for failures, cost management and control. 5.Seek support from higher management whenever required. 6.Ready to take risk and decisions whenever required. 7.Control activities against final results.