Reflection: Project Development And The Project Management Process

Introduction:
Project management is one of the best approach to deliver the product/items within the given cost, schedule and resource constraints. Project management makes sure that the project is completed within the given cost and time providing customer satisfaction. By the end of this course I was able to understand what is project and its scope? What is wbs and obs? How to create the project plan, budget, define and allocate the resources? How to manage project development and the project development process? What is risk and how to identify and manage risks? What is project procurement process?

The 5 lessons learned from this course are as follows:

Project life cycle to human life cycle: Project can we well explained or completed

Financing for education is one of the most difficult step in everyone’s life especially for international students. I was having difficulty in financing for my education when I got admission to this university. I managed this by getting loan from the bank through interest because of which rite now I don’t have any problem in my fee payment but I need to clear this loan once I get my job.

Leadership: Leadership is very important concept when it comes to team work or group work. It is one of the most critical and essential component of any project management team. Behind the success of every organization there is a leader and a team who worked day and night to bring out the success therefore leadership can be defined as an ability to influence, motivate and enable others to contribute to the effectiveness and success of the

But some have very good leadership skills and some doesn’t know how to manage when they have opportunity. I have applied the leadership principle when I was team leader for the project in one of my subject in computer science. I was the one who took responsibility of arranging meetings to decide about the project selection, how to start the project, which side of the project is good and what should be highlighted, which part of the project should be done by whom, project deadline and completion time, and so on. I realized that it’s not so easy being a leader and gaining appreciation if the project is successful. It has lot of hard work of the team, Not just one or two particular person.

International project management: The project manager faces lot of problem in this as he resettles from his place for a foreign environment to manage the assigned project. Here the project managers have lots of advantages and disadvantages as well.
Advantages: more pay, career opportunity, new life, new friends, increased responsibility, foreign travel and so on
Disadvantages: missing family, friends, home, new language, new culture, new laws and so