What key factors affect timescales?

There are many factors that may affect the actual timeframe of your project. By understanding and considering these you will be able to reduce delay and make best possible use of time available.

The efficiency and effectiveness of you and your project team will be essential to this. For this reason, it is vital for professionals to coach and educate clients on the project process, implement rigorous project planning at every stage, and to tie these together with great communication and a system for identifying and managing risks. By briefing your team well, reviewing and considering information at each stage, making clear decisions, and instructing actions and orders as early as possible, significant amounts of time can be saved.

If timescales are a key factor for your project, then it is likely to be very beneficial if complexity and levels of risk are reduced throughout the project process. A project manager can help you to plan for this. Ultimately, it is important to know that however well you communicate, plan and manage, some factors will be beyond the control of you and your team, so there will always be some degree of luck!