Practitioners in the people practice perform a number of tasks necessary to the management of a project. Let’s assume that I’m part of a team at ABC Company tasked with developing a market-based pay structure for the Recruitment and Selection Department where I work as a Human Resources professional. To help the company remain competitive, I will be a part of a salary review committee. Initiation, planning, execution, and business monitoring are the phases of project management that apply to this process and will ensure a successful outcome (D’Souza, 2020). A Gantt chart during the planning phase, and a dashboard specifically for managing projects, are two methods I can use to get things done.
A project management dashboard is an informational interface that compiles key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to a given project or strategy into a single spot for easy monitoring and analysis (Alam, 2019). This dashboard would serve as a means of communication and team cohesiveness by giving everyone on the team more visibility into their own roles and responsibilities. It will also foster cooperation by centralizing insight data on the project’s progress and keeping everyone abreast of its scheduling and progress. What would appear on the dashboard is illustrated below.
Gantt chart
The key advantages of using a Gantt chart are that they are useful planning tools that help project executors to estimate how long a project will take, what materials will be needed, and what sequence tasks will be completed in (Alam, 2019). This instrument will guarantee that reviews were conducted efficiently and that workers were happy with the results. You can see a sample Gantt chart like the one used in the table below.
Problem solving techniques
During the implementation phase, I may need to research regional compensation data and trends in the industrial reward sector. Some of this data might be available online, but it might be difficult to track down specifics about the organization’s primary rivals, and some of it might already be out of date. The Five Whys and the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis are two possible problem-solving strategies (FMEA) i can employ to solve this issue.
The Five Whys
The goal of this method of problem solving is to identify the underlying causes of the issue at hand. If we question “why?” at least five times, we’ll get to the bottom of whatever’s causing the trouble we’re experiencing (Voehl, 2016). The method was suitable because it helped us assert the emerging rewards market trends and formulate the most appropriate rates employed for the salary evaluation process, thereby resolving the issues associated with acquiring accurate market information on compensation in order to benchmark the salary review and evaluation within the company.
The Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Known as a standard technique for analysing processes, FMEA is a methodical approach to finding any and all flaws in a product’s design, production, or assembly (Kim & Zuo, 2018). Using this strategy will help us determine where in our research and benchmarking we were most likely to have missed important information. The procedure will also help us determine how to enhance the information we already have so that it is sufficient to meet the benchmarking requirements.
