... empowered, they work alone which without the control of manager, they can show their creativeness, apply their ways to launch the product into the market. It means they can make success for project ... Describing the roles of project manager in the selection process The successful project managers are people who know their roles clearly and complete them effectively. The function of project manager ... sick, others can help he or she to complete the task. Moreover, others members can bring out their initiatives to help project manager, as me have right decisions for project. Therefore, the team...
... control.One of theproject managers seized the initiative. Lacking both authority and the answers, she nevertheless looked around for help. She contacted theproject of-fice the corporate Project Management ... others to do the same.• Get explicit commitments from people to support the goals of the program—then they are more likely to follow through.• Take action, first to articulate the needs, then ... eachother; the organization can not deal with too many projects under way at the sametime; each project should be clearly linked with strategic objectives for the organi-zation; the planning...
... and yet others at aunit level. Regardless of who does the work, the PMO assumes responsibilities forsuccess on projects and manages theproject managers.Chief Project Officer. The chief project ... formal groups. The titles tacked onto theproject office concept illus-trate the variety of approaches. The TitlesA project office is not always called a project office the names span from the straightforward ... supportrole in planning and controlling a specific project; at the other extreme, they maybe charged with full responsibility for implementing a multitude of strategicprojects.So the term project...
... though the PSO is inwardly targeted, and the PMCOE is aimed at scanning the outside en-88 Creating theProject OfficeFIGURE 4.2. CHIEF PROJECT OFFICER.CPOStrategic project planning Project reviewsPriorities ... alike—even if they are part of the same cate-gory. The functions described separately may fuse together into different forms. Forinstance, the staff functions of the PSO and the PMCOE might ... ex-isting vocabulary. The success of the final design is measured by the degree to which the POshines a powerful spotlight on project management in the organization and en-sures that projects perform...
... memberswho have worked together for some time, particularly if close bonds haveCompleting the project 169In some projects there are handovers before the conclusion of the project. These are often between ... findthat there are different expectations in the final stages of the project. If newitems are added to the deliverables at a late stage it is very difficult to com-plete theproject within thebudget ... moved into other work, many of the project team will plan their own futures in relation to the anticipated completion of the project. For some there will be a sense of loss, but others may be...
... perspective. Budget Schedule Quality The project sponsor ❏❏ ❏ The functional expert ❏❏ ❏ The line manager ❏❏ ❏ The supplier or contractor ❏❏ ❏ The user of project out-comes❏❏ ❏ The project team ❏❏ ❏ The ... be the one who confirms that theproject has been successfullycompleted.࿖ The project team – these are the people who will carry out all of the tasksand activities to complete the project. These ... areas:࿖ the outcomes expected of theproject (the quality dimension);࿖ the resources that will be invested to achieve the outcomes (the budget dimension);࿖ the time that will be taken to complete the...
... partway through a project. The nature of the audience may alsodetermine the way in which the results of the evaluation are reported andused.One of the key decisions in theplanning stage is ... measures.EVALUATION AT THE END OF A PROJECT There are many different types of evaluation that may take place at the endof a project. The most usual evaluation is to determine the extent to which the project ... considered. Many projects spawnother projects, particularly if they have been successful and the outcomes wellreceived. There may be an opportunity to develop the relationship with the sponsor or...
... on time, within thebudget and achieving all of the objectivesintended.There will certainly be change during the implementation stage of the project. There will be all of theproject activities ... timescales;࿖ the extent of the authority they have to make decisions about their areaof work;࿖ the person who will act as their line manager for the duration of the project; ࿖ the arrangements ... might alter the directionor balance of the project. Implementing the project 113࿖a list of the deliverables;࿖agreement about how theproject will be managed, reported andreviewed;࿖ the estimates...
... for the duration of the project but lengthening the timescale of theproject to enable it to be completed by apart-time project team. Another solution might be to employ staff purely for the ... often about the ways in which projectsfit into the normal structures and procedures, and the extent to which thesehelp or hinder the use of project working to achieve focused outcomes. Thereis ... their staff to write project Learning from the project 201proposals and to prepare the documentation that is needed throughout the project. SHARING LEARNING FROM A PROJECT One of the questions that...
... of these reports are the responsibility of theproject man-ager. Others in the team may produce reports about the current status of the project or about progress in tasks and activities, but the ... conclusion about the extent to which the objectives of the project had been achieved. It might also return to the purpose of the project, and comment on the extent to which the overall purpose ... usually covers the purpose of theproject and brieflyoutlines the context.࿖Background to the project. This gives whatever additional informationis essential to understanding why theproject was...
... to progress rather thanthinking of the actual development as being the purpose of the project. Then, even when theproject is finished, the development process willcarry on. Theproject closure ... number of projects andfound that there were a number of common faults. On most of the projectsthey reviewed:࿖ the team was not sure of theproject objectives;࿖ the team was not sure what the deliverables ... de-velop an overview of theproject that could be presented to the meeting. THE LIFE OF A PROJECT The project life cycle model describes the different phases that a project nor-mally passes...
... string of successes. Then youcan afford the luxury of planning. When you are failing is the worst time to plan. That’s when you can least afford it.Either way, the need for planning doesn’t disappear.2. ... The antidote for timidity in planning is to think big and out-side of the box. Consider the following planning techniques:■ Eliminate the use of “industry averages.” You should knowwhat they ... establish a vision and goals, then working backward to confirm the mission. Execution is then a forward activity from the base of the mis-sion. Consider the phrase “back planning and forward execution.”■...
... for the servicefrom their research budgets. The value-added philosophy assumed that once the value of the support was demonstrated, every project manager would want to takeadvantage of theproject ... own way. The charge-to-overhead approachwould constitute a service tax assessed to all projects, whether theproject man-agers wanted the service or not. Under the second premise, the PMO would ... PMOsemerged in the mid-1990s. Based on the growth patterns that resulted from the 98 Creating theProject Officea focus on planning for success using the value-added component as the benefithook....
... dev-astating. They needed to have their own act together first before marketing them-selves and theproject office concept to others.If the answer to the first question was yes and the second question ... othersit pointed up the lack of them.These efforts helped various organizations within 3M identify their strengthsand weaknesses, their position in their marketplaces, and suggested how the ... in the organization that people rec-ognize the need for such help?YIf the answer was no to the first question, they were not ready to approach the organization with the idea. Opening a project...