Standardization for the Win
Did you know 70% of all projects struggle to deliver what was promised to customers? It’s often just because companies don’t have standardized ways of working in place.
I’ve worked with hundreds of companies over the past two decades helping them improve their projects, and time and again, I see how standardization helps them waste less time and money and have more consistent, efficient project outcomes.
Let’s take a look at some of the benefits that standardization brings organizations.
Benefit 1 – Cost savings
When project teams have a standardized project framework in place, they work smarter. PMs can focus on organizing a project plan and clearly communicating it to the team.
When there are clear steps to follow, no one on the team is confused about what’s happening, and they can immediately focus on what matters – the project deliverable. That means less project rework, and less time and money spent fixing mistakes.
Benefit 2 – Compliance
Every industry deals with compliance rules or audits by regulating authorities. What standardized processes do is help teams stick to rules, stay out of trouble, and avoid fines, costly delays, and recalls.
Standardized processes are organized and documented, so it’s also quick and easy to prove compliance when needed.
4 more benefits of standardization on projects
I’d like to tell you about four more benefits standardization brings to organizations, so I made a video where I explain them fully. It dives into how standardized ways of working lead to:
- fewer headaches and higher productivity
- less chaos when it’s time to scale
- higher levels of efficiency and less scrambling
- work being completed properly every time (not of some of the time)
Follow me over to YouTube and we’ll keep chatting about this!
Want to learn more about how you can reap the benefits of standardization in your organization? Check out my SLAY Project Management Corporate Program. It helps companies quickly achieve efficient and consistent outcomes, fix their project struggles, and start making organizational gains.
Adriana Girdler, PMP | Creator of Slay Project Management™
P.S. Check out success stories from some of the companies I’ve worked with!
