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Looking for Effective Legal Project Management?
1 CommentIn a recent post, Paul Easton discusses an article on the traits of effective Legal Project Managers. It’s a nice read, and affirms what I’ve been thinking in terms of roles for legal project managers.
First, there has to be methodology and documentation of processes. As ediscovery rules change, PMs have to be able to adapt these new rules into their existing processes, and create new processes to accommodate new information. If your legal project manager is unable to do this, it could mean they do not have a thorough grasp of what’s going on (or are powerless to implement changes). If your PM has a good understanding of what’s going on, they will be able to offer quality suggestions for process improvements, and be willing to accept responsibility if something goes wrong. The litigation support industry could always use more people like that!
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Published on November 9, 2010 · Filed under: litigation support; Tagged as: Ediscovery, litigation support, project management
One Response to “Looking for Effective Legal Project Management?”
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Thanks for the mention. As you point out, adaptability is an important characteristic of project managers. I think an understanding of how to map out processes can strengthen a good PM’s ability to adapt. Process-oriented people are often unfairly seen as rigid and not creative. Perhaps that is true of those who blindly follow processes lain out for them by others. But breaking work down into its activities, mapping the flow, identifying bottlenecks and coming up with new ways to get the work down better is highly creative work. Also, being able to see how things are and knowing how to move activities around to make new workflows not only helps you adapt to new ways of doing things, but make you more effective at adapting your work.
And, yes, the litigation-support industry could always use more people like that!
