Avoiding Analysis Paralysis

Getting started with a project management training effort can be a daunting undertaking. The pressure to get training out to the troops may be so great that you could easily fall into the trap of launching a series of workshops without first determining what your organization really needs.

However, another equally insidious pitfall is spending so much time analyzing your situation that the workshops will arrive too late to address your immediate training needs. Balance is everything. To deliver effective just-in-time training you ‚ ll need to do just-enough needs analysis. My only suggestion to perfectionists: Get over it! You are a professional and will know not to push a half-baked program out the door, so trust your ability to make an adequate project management training needs analysis within a carefully set time constraint.