How to be a good Office Move Project Manager
Follow these 5 simple steps to help project manage a smooth & successful office move.
Project managing an office move is by no means easy! It’s a huge responsibility that requires time, dedication and excellent organisation. They’ll be budgets to prepare, a new office to find, removals to organise and on top of everything else you’ll need to continue with your usual day-to-day responsibilities at the same time.
By following these simple steps, planning an office move project will be a whole lot easier and you’ll soon begin to feel less overwhelmed by the whole thing.
1. Get Organised
Good organisation skills are essential to project manage a smooth office move. The best place to start is to use the Moving Office Checklist which outlines the key tasks you need to do in preparation of your office move date.
2. Keep an eye on the time
As Office Move Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that your office move happens on time, and that moving in and out of the two locations dovetail seamlessly. The Moving Office Timetable will help you work out your project schedule. Once you know your moving out date, you can insert it into the Moving Office Timetable and it tells you all the important deadlines.
3. Communicate
Keeping the lines of communication open to all interested parties is an essential part of office relocation management. They’ll be people both internal and external who will need to be kept informed at every important stage of the office move process. These include; Company Directors, staff, clients, external office relocation professionals, office service providers and suppliers.
4. Delegate tasks
If delegation skills are not your strongest asset, you’ll need to learn fast, because trying to do everything yourself is both unrealistic and crazy! Start putting together an Office Move Team internally with team members from Marketing, HR, Finance and IT and delegate tasks from your Moving Office Checklists accordingly.
5. Manage your costs
Budget management is absolutely crucial to execute a successful office move. If you’ve never prepared a budget before the Moving Office Budget Template will give you a brilliant start as it identifies all the costs you are likely to incur and the template allows you to manage your budget effectively.
