Role of a Project Manager

Assignment on “Roles and Responsibilities of Project Manager” [The assignment is prepared for the requirement of the course Project Management (MGT-4705) of BBA 7th semester] Prepared for Muhammd Shah Course Instructor Department of Business Administration International Islamic University Chittagong. Prepared By Name: Nafisa Ahmed Matric No: B-061213 Semester: Spring Level: BBA 7th Female (B) Submission Date: 11th August, 2009 Department of Business Administration…

development of project management, project success has been defined clearly. A definition of project success from Lock is that if the project finish on time, within budget and in good quality, the project is considered as a successful project (Lock, 2007). However, our understanding about the role of project manager is unclear. Different people hold various viewpoints about it. According to Lewis, people have a vague understanding of what is the role of project manager, because a majority of project managers…

contributed to the need for project management. #2: Why is the project manager often called a super-manager? In an organization, if there is a project manager that is known to execute projects within the scheduled time frame and whose estimates are exact, he probably acquired a substantive amount of knowledge and experience over the years on project management. This “Super” project manager possesses therefore some valuable skills that can be taught to other project managers within the organization…

complex projects are deemed unsuccessful because project managers that do not have the proper training on managing projects and end up mismanage them (Kwak, & Anbari, 2009). As companies realized this, they started to research the various attributes that contributed to project failures, however in many cases the people running the projects were not examined. In the 1990s, certain industries noticed that many project managers needed to be properly trained and since then require that project managers…

Constraint of Project Management" * Briefly explain in your own words the relationship between each element of the triple constraint of project management. Then, determine whether or not you believe it is important to understand the triple constraint to be an efficient project manager. Justify your response. CIS 517 Week 2 Discussion Click the link above to respond to the discussion. If you need help with completing discussions please click here for more information. "Project Management Process…

Project management The role of a project manager is the most challenging roles within the project team. As the project goes on and takes advances in its various stages a project manager should ensure that they are able to adopt according to the demands of the project that are ever changing. Clearly this particular project in the organization has been marred with many challenges. These challenges need a good project manager who ill ensures that the project gets completed successfully. The current…

THE ROLE OF A MANAGER What is a manager? According to the oxford dictionary a manager is ‘a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff’ but is that really what a manager is? (Oxford dictionaries 2011)This is because they are many different types of managers, as well as different roles each type of manager will have to perform, in order to be efficient and achieve their desired results. Also there are managers who must possess certain character traits or…

NICMAR ASSIGNMENT ON “ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGERS” SUBMITTED BY: JHA PRAVIN KUMAR JOSHI SOURABH MALANI GOVIND 221071 221074 221094 GUIDED BY: Prof. T.K.GANGULI ACM 22-SECTION 2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, PUNE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGERS Page 1 NICMAR INDEX Contents 1. Introduction 2. Role of Project Manager 2.1 Planning 2.2 Organizing 2.3 Controlling 2.4 Leading 2.5 Communicating 2.6 Cognitive functions 2.7 Self management functions 2.8 Motivational and personal…

TOPIC: “The role of the Project Manager is to command and control.” Critically discuss. INTRODUCTION: In management, command and control refers more generally to the maintenance of authority with somewhat more distributed decision making [Command and Control Research Program 2011]. Being an effective project manager is among the most challenging jobs in the industry for two reasons. First it requires management skills and abilities different from those required in a traditional functional…

JOB ANALYSIS FOR PROJECT MANAGER(OPERATIONS) March 3 2008 SAURABH SUVRATMADHAV PHADKE MMS-A ROLL NO. 36   TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. JOB ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................2 1.1 JOB DESCRIPTION........................................................................................2 1.2 JOB SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................3 2. JOB DESIGN…