The role of a project manager has been the subject of numerous publications that have attempted to provide a precise set of qualities and responsibilities for the job title. However, the job role is so encompassing that there are still many different schools of thought on the subject and much debate over the precise terminology to best describe a project manager. This paper analyzes five such publications, and attempts to rationalize their research into a cohesive and comprehensive description of the roles of project manager. This paper establishes the roles of the project manager in the current setting in order that a newcomer to the subject matter will be able to understand the concepts as it relates to modern technology and business practices. …show more content…
It is the project manager’s human skills that will ultimately make the task of managing communications and human resources succeed or fail. Additionally, having well developed human skills will also play a pivotal role in a project manager’s quest to bring effective leadership to the project. Because of the importance that all consequential areas of focus will have in the project, human skills serve as the basis for the success or ineptitude that will come from the project, and ultimately the project manager’s …show more content…
Leadership is a complex topic that has been the subject of abundant research and debate, much as has the role of a project manager. While the scope of leadership is too large for the contents of this paper, there are some important leadership skills an effective project manager must possess. According to Anantatmula (2010), “management is concerned with making decisions about process functions in order to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness. Leadership on the other hand, is about motivating and guiding people to realize their potential and achieve tougher and challenging organizational goals.” (p. 14). A project manager’s ability to motivate their people is an important skill to have, and one that is beneficial to the organizations ability to develop their employee’s talents and abilities. Ultimately, this may have more impact on an organization than just the individual project as the employees garner more competency and take that with them to future
‘Project Managers occupy a central role in driving successful completion of projects. Project Management is a thriving professional discipline much in demand throughout the world.
From this study conducted, the knowledge, skills and abilities that I need as project manager is very well explained and can help me to focus and achieve success on my career path. No generalization can be assumed from the results of this study simply because the requirements and demands for recruitment vary between countries and industries.
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.
This paper will examine three websites that I found to provide interesting information on one of the following topics: project management, project management careers, project portfolio management, and IT project management; as well as the Project Management Institute’s Web site. The four websites that will be examined are: CIO – Project Management Definition and Solutions, Project Management Certification, and Wisconsin School of Business – Project Portfolio Management.
The truly gifted Project Managers are those that can apply the systematic hard skills in an artful manner by using soft skills. To that end, some systematic or science related management skills will be discussed, along with the soft skills and how they are used together to successfully manage projects.
‘Project leadership’ is not only down to one person. The skills associated with Project Leadership apply to the individual project manager, the portfolio manager, the head of the PMO and every other member of the organisation to a degree. People at all levels in an organisation must ‘lead’ in order to achieve results.
The Project Manager is responsible for management, coordination and oversight of assigned construction activities undertaken within the company’s owned or managed portfolio. Successful performance will be measured by qualitative aspects such as Tenant satisfaction as well as measurable results such as performance against schedule and budget. The position requires a proven track record in management of retail construction, retail development and redevelopment along with consultant over site, relationship building skills, verbal & written communication skills, initiative, professional judgment and confidentiality. Regular travel throughout the region is required.
Leadership is one important trait that characterizes a project manager. As a leader, he must possess the proper knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) needed to lead a project team toward project success. This is where his leadership competency is being measured. In this regard, organizations base their selection process on the project manager’s competencies not only on leadership but also on his behavior and other characteristics. In the United States, recruiters value more on experience and education (p.38).
From the thoroughly reading of the five literature, I investigate that there are some common roles such as decision making, motivation, leadership, monitoring and processes as initiation, planning, execution, controlling, closing that is presented by few literatures. Nevertheless, the rest of literatures define the different roles like liaison role , businessman role, conflict controlling role and different processes as building WBS, Project resources, managing project resources. All authors had explained different roles and processes of project manager. They all are describe emphatically. With the insistence of these literatures, I am fully aware
Crawford (2000) suggests that project leadership is the highest ranking category among project management competence factors. Project management leadership style affects overall project performance. Recent research supports the idea that successful projects are led by individuals who possess not only a blend of technical and management knowledge, but also leadership skills that are internally compatible with the motivation of the project team (Slevin and Pinto, 1988; Turner et al., 1998). Zimmerer and Yasin (1998) found that positive leadership contributed almost 76% to the success of projects. Negative or poor leadership contributed 67% to the failure of projects. Project leaders need both, relationships and task oriented leadership styles, to cope with the challenges within different phases of project (Slevin and Pinto, 1991). In projects, project leaders must lead their teams towards completing defined goals with in a fixed time scale. Verma (1997) states “Achieving the goal or final aim is the ultimate test of leadership”. Goals and tasks are achieved through people thus making people an important resource for
“Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to organisational and project activities to achieve the aims of an organisation through projects” (PMI, 2003).
In the globalized economy, Successful project managers are in much demand across many industries. Organizations strongly need experienced project managers to lead their staff to accomplish their business goals and deliver successful projects. In an increasingly complex environment, project managers need to turn into many roles and have all kinds of responsibilities at each level of management within an organization. Good project managers are not born. They need to be trained. They develop their skills through study, practise and experience. They become better project managers after they finish a successful project each time. They learn new techniques and apply them on their projects. They learn their lessons from failed projects and then improve to be better project managers in the future.
Project managers have to improve their skills every day to deal with the organizational change and especially the world’s Megatrends. However, it can be a challenge for a project manager to comprehend what skills they should be improved, what sections of project management knowledge that should be tried to perceive, and how to measure and enhance their performance.
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.
Over the course of my professional life, I have become increasingly involved in project management roles. Doing so has made me aware of the many varied challenges that can face projects and the project managers who are charged with bringing them through to completion. The success or failure of projects, in whatever economic, political or social field, rests not just on the quality of the project’s goals, but also on the abilities of those involved in the project – and above all those who are managing it – to bring it to successful completion. To do this, project managers need to be equipped with a very wide range of skills, many of which are unrelated to the type of project itself. So, for example, a project manager of an engineering project must not only have engineering