Project Charter “Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind” a famous quote about our goal by Seneca. It is a metaphor about the achievement goal and objectives by good planning skills. One has to plan for what one wants to achieve and where one wants to go. One of the most important things is to have good planning, before taking any project the first think you should do is to create project plan. Planning can be defined as preparing a sequence of action to achieve specific goals and objectives. According to Kerzner (2009), “project planning is desirable that the project manager is involved from project conception through execution. It must be systematic, flexible to handle, closely disciplined through reviews and control and capable of accepting multi functional inputs (pg. 412)”. The importance of planning a project is to describe the work so that it will be easily identifiable to the project team member. One way to provide clear description of a project is to prepare project charter. A Guide to the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (2008), “it is the process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase and initial requirements that satisfy the stake holder needs expectations” (pg.71). Preparing a project charter is the initial step for project manager to start any project. In Project charter we can describe different components of the projects. To start any project, preparing a project charter is the initial steps for project manager. Some of the essential components are described below. Components of Project charter Scope: The first document a project manager will put together with his team members is the sco... ... middle of paper ... ...e in a same pace and minimize the risk of confusion on roles and responsibility and project objectives. Reference: Kerzer, H. (2009). Project Management. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. 1-Famous-Quotes.com. Retrieved from 1-Famous-Quotes.com Web site: http://www.1-famous-quotes.com/quote/1227861 Project Management Institute . (2008). A Guide to the Project Management body Of Knowledge. Newton Square, PA: Project Management Institute, Inc. Simpson, W. (2010). Project Planning and Control When Time Matters: Focus on Process to Synchronize and Drive Results. Production and Inventory Management Journal, 46(2), 26-43. Retrieved July 19, 2011, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document ID: 2278162401). Tryon, C. A. (n.d.). Tryon and Associates. Retrieved from http://www.tryonassoc.com/pdffiles/Paper%20-%20So%20Whats%20Your%20Charter.pdf
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Project management is "the art and science of converting vision into reality" (Atkinson, 1999). Project management delivers results. Project managers enjoy the challenge of juggling multiple responsibilities and optimizing workflow in a highly competitive environment. From managing the development of a website to launching new company wide integration system, project managers keep projects on time, on track and within budget. Strong business, management and organizational skills as well as experience with current technologies put qualified candidates in high demand in this extraordinary career field. The practice of project management focuses efforts on your mission by defining priorities, utilizing resources, and producing outstanding goods and services for businesses and customers alike. A successful project translates a broad public mission into concrete results and outcomes.
Project Management is quickly becoming a field of study and importance in the business world. A search on the Internet of the title “Project Management” yields hundreds or results including forums, training manuals and job openings for related positions. Project Management is a broad term referencing the necessary steps taken by management to ensure a product is feasible before and during implementation. According to Project Management Learning Objectives, the steps to achieve success in this area include: testing and measuring products, evaluating and managing the product cycle, comparing costs and benefits, measuring product worth, economic analysis, product analysis, teambuilding and leadership, and budgeting and cost control (Project Management Outline). Project Managers oversee many different areas of the business and are responsible for project success.
The purpose of this step is to clearly express problem, target, potential resources available and scope of the project. Those informations are captured and composed together in a project charter document. The records collected are problem, voice of customers, critical to quality.
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These include: Project Mission – the initial clarity of the goals and general direction; Project Schedule/Plans – a detailed specification of specific individual action steps required for project implementation; Top Management Support – the willingness of top management to provide the essential resources and authority for project success; Client Consultation – communication, consultation, and active listening to all impacted parties; as well as Personnel – recruitment, selection, and training of the essential personnel for the project team; Technical Tasks – availability of the required technical Expertise
Disciplined time management is fundamental to effective project management, if a project manager cannot control his own time, then the project cannot be controlled. (Kerzner, 2013). Key elements to time management are planning and prioritisation. Planning is a system in which you categorise what you need to do for a project such as determining objectives, identifying achievement steps, the breakdown of the task into components tasks, time taken and identification of what you require from others (Caunt, 2013, 27). This indicates that a plan can be likend to a process in which steps have to be clearly defined in order for it to work. Plans should always be time bound, giving the relation to time maagement, planning is as fundamental to time
If management does not have a plan this can lead to a poor performance. Planning gives management the ability to sensibly come up with different strategies to make sure that the project ends in success. Planning increases the organization's ability to adjust to future results, the uncertainty is bigger with an increase in the time frame. With such a rise in uncertainty there is a corresponding...
Upon receipt of approval for the project proposal, you are supposed to develop the project plan which reflects the anticipated execution of the proposed project.
A project manager should have a clear vision of the desired outcome and he/she should be aware of
When planning a new project, how the project will be managed is one of the most important factors. The importance of a managers will determine the success of the project. The success of the project will be determined by how well it is managed. Project management is referred to as the discipline that entails the processes of carefully planning, organizing, controlling, and motivating the organization resources so as to foster and facilitate the achievement of specific established and desired goals and meet the specific criteria of success required in the organization (Larson, 2014). Over the course of this paper I will be discussing and analyzing the importance of project management.
Often, the goals and visions of the projects are not clearly discussed. The project management team doesn’t understand the needs of the organization.