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Managing Your Project

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need to delegate more tasks than you originally an-

ticipated. Be fl exible enough to make adjustments

as you go.

Deciding what to delegate

You’ll delegate two kinds of tasks. The fi rst consists of

routine activities that pretty much anyone on the team

can do. With these, you want to ensure that every one

shoulders a fair portion and no one is saddled with all

the mundane work.

What’s the second kind? Tasks that require special-

ized skills. If any of your team members possess these

skills, you can delegate such activities to them. If not,

you may need to hire outside experts.

As project manager, you’re responsible for the

overall project. So don’t delegate tasks that only you

can perform, such as monitoring the budget.

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