8. Recommendations
The Project management practise is the way for successful project .As the theories proved the way forward to so issues in PDO. However , there are some main point which need to be focus of the project manager to avoid the existing problems within the department . First is applying the HRM practices from the beginning stages . Structuring the teams based on the potential within individual. Also , clearly identify clearly the rule and responsibility of individuals . This practise will avoid clashes in the process of work . Also , developing the individuals to increase the knowledge of the employees , this considered as critical as each individual needs different type of knowledge based on his job description . This also ,may
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The best way as project manager and his team it have full understanding on the objective of the project . Then , list them as per the critically of the and important . The sitting with the client to have an agreement on the objective of the scope of the project . As communication is critical its import to use the tool of cloud based to manage the communication in professional aspect . The will enable right engagement with teams .Moreover , this tool will improve the project management and structure the activities .Then , to finish the the project all the steps need to be mapped with time duration using gantt chart as an example. All the tasks must be listed down and have details documents as well . The project need to go thru risk assessment which considered as critical to have a success of any project. This risk management will make it much easier to project management . This should only done in room with all the teams involved in the project . Then need to have proper control on the risk and clear picture of how to avoid them . Next , is the tracking all the tasks as they might change by the time based on the requirement and needs. This will give earlier alarm in case the project may have delays . Capturing leanings to avoid duplicating the same mistakes in the future .One key players in project management is to have competent project manager and team .As per ( STRIKING PROJECT MANAGEMENT , Project Management Consulting ) 70% of projects fail because of lack of competency .
As The financial management is a critical to the project management .In Fact , the budget of the project is considered poor financial management. Therefore , it's important to manage it as its our own money , as this is a say in PDO , However this made system development team success in managing project financially
Picture a person who that is juggling doing several things at once; they are balancing a stick in one hand and another stick on their nose. Each stick has a plate on the top that they want to keep spinning without losing balance or dropping either. There is a lot going on in those actions including the exact timing of when to reach up and spin a plate, constant body movement to keep the sticks balanced as not to fall, and a continued push from the free hand to keep both plates spinning. This paradigm could be used to describe integration knowledge area of project management. Schwalbe (2014) defines project management as, “Coordinating all other project management knowledge areas throughout a project’s life-cycle. This integration ensures that all the elements of a project come together at the right
There are many similarities and differences between domestic and global project management. A project manager must realize that what might work in their country may not work in a foreign environment. Project managers might find themselves using practices that have worked for them in the past, without even thinking of the new environment, and issues may arise. Project managers need to understand the differences in a different country's environment to avoid and reduce any obstacles that there may be. Some considerations global project managers must consider are the legal, political, security, geographical, economic infrastructure, and culture implications of working with different countries (Gray, 2006).
The best project managers are those who consistently deliver, on time and within budget, projects that meet or exceed stakeholders ' expectations. (Levinson, 2008) Project Managers interact with different types of people at different levels within the organization and outside the organization. Since their responsibilities include directing and coordinating various resources throughout the life cycle of the project, it is important the Project Managers have certain characteristics to ensure project success. The main characteristics of a successful project manager include:
The project management is a skill to apply the functions correctly which measures the outcome of the project, the more the skill the nice the outcome will be. This comes through experience and having a proper knowledge of some of the functions like
identifies the employee, he/she must need to inform the project head, if it avoid by the employee due to this avoidance it impacts on the project result (Egeland, 2011).
Project managers are leaders of small and large groups destined to complete a strategic project plan. Leadership characteristics described above can make or break a team. In all successful project fulfillments, it is the leadership of the project manager that determines the type of success for the project’s members. The most...
The projects in today’s world are given a lot of importance and it will continue to grow in the coming years. There are a lot of companies which do not have production, but all of them do have projects. There are a lot of books which have been published on which related to planning and managing the projects. The one of the most important one was published by the author Eli Goldratt in his book ‘Critical chain’. This book basically talks and shows how the application of theory of constraints in the field of project management. The novel is basically based on one of the MBA classes in America where a number of ideas are developed in discussions among the students and the lecturers. The lecturer is basically fighting for a tenure with the president of the university who expects a downturn in the executive MBA. The lecturer who teaches project management has a word with one the senior colleagues and project management was the right topic to teach. There were three students who were placed in the project management team of their company which manufactures electronic products. The students are enrolled in this MBA class along with other students, here they discover a new approach to project management which is known as the
“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.
Since first taking the quiz “How Good Are Your Project Management Skills?” until now, can you identify areas of growth or knowledge regarding project management specifically, or leadership in general? Do you find yourself giving more consideration to particular areas, principles, or practices (e.g. scheduling, scope management, communication styles, etc.)?
One of the financial problem is lack of monitoring on the project cost and the cash flow will affected the company financial problems (S. A. Halim et al.,
The topic of my group (group 4) was “How to totally float through your project for free” and the presentation was held by Roger Goodman who works for PMI NZ and Ernst & Young supply chain management with many years of working experience in many different countries such as Saudi Arabia and China.
- Rockart, J.F., 1979, "Chief executives define their own data needs", Harvard Business Review, 57, 2, 81-93.
The importance of project management cannot be overstated. For starters it is important that project management provides a flexibility and structure. Project management creates flexible and well-structured business organizations by combining two organization needs perfectly. The organizational needs are determined by making the organization adaptable due to constant changes in the business, secondly organization is extremely important for creating structure. What is most important is that
Project management involves all activities that encompass scheduling, planning, and controlling projects. A successful project manager ensure that an organization’s resources are being used both efficiently and effectively. Most projects need to be uniquely developed require a sense of customization and the ability to adapt to any posed challenges. The scope of effective project management includes defining what the project is and what is being expected to be accomplished. Projects are imposed to fulfill a certain need and project managers must have the ability to create the proper definition. Goals and the means used to attain those goals have to be clearly stated. Project Managers must also have the ability to plan
The first and most crucial step is to create a solid plan. Plan should include the techniques, tools and data that are going to used in the project. The responsibilities of all the members should be distributed at this step. The utilization of resources and budgeting of the project should be done here. Management tools such as probability and Impact Matrix, FMEA are useful at this point.