CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT What is project management? Project Management Institute (2008) defines it as the application of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations which involves balancing competing demands among scope‚ time‚ cost and quality. With each project‚ unique tasks are completed in a specified period and contribute to the final result. In contrast‚ ongoing operations
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Ideally‚ the project manager should conduct the sponsor interview(s) prior to beginning the project. The interview provides an opportunity for the project manager and sponsor to clarify and document how the sponsor will determine project success. What are the business objectives of the project? Who are the key project stakeholders? How will the sponsors measure the success of the project? Prepare for the sponsor interview by reviewing the Initial Sponsor Interview form in detail and by reviewing
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direction. On the other hand‚ it would be a waste of resources if IT system doesn’t effectively support what business is aiming for even with highly sophisticated functionality. From my past work experiences‚ I’ve seen a number of cases that functional managers were complaining that IT system itself was not well supporting business (e.g. marketing‚ sales‚ or HR) and just ended up with giving extra burdens and complexity on top of daily works. In addition to this‚ I often saw executive management team was
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Madhucon Projects Limited: Projects Description (2009): Earthwork and Ground Improvement In Road Way by Mechanical means‚ Rock Soil by Blasting‚ Removal & Disposal of Unsuitable Soils‚ and Earthwork Embankment‚ Rock fill Embankment etc. Comments: Contractors Capacity: Contractors General Performance is Good. Quality of Work: They have completed the works allotted to them satisfactorily “The Capacity of the Contractor- The working resources of the contractor are good and as per the required
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Title: A leadership profile of American project managers. By: Zimmerer‚ Thomas W.‚ Yasin‚ Mahmoud M.‚ Project Management Journal‚ 87569728‚ Mar1998‚ Vol. 29‚ Issue 1 Abstract This paper reports the results of a survey of senior project managers. The results clearly and unequivocally identify positive success and negative leadership as the cause of project failure. The characteristics of leadership are further identified‚ as well as the projectmanagement tools that are most useful and most
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Jayanthi watte‚ Midigama‚ Ahangama. 10th December 2012. Manager Human Resources‚ Hotel Galadari‚ 64‚ Lotus Road‚ Colombo 1. Sir‚ I am a final year undergraduate in Ayurveda Medicine at the Institute of Indigenous Medicine‚ University of Colombo and have completed a special course in Ayurveda
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SECTION A The Evolution of Project Management discipline‚ its Values and Importance of the Strategic and Operational Dimension which exist within the Project Management Function 1.0 Introduction The history of project management has being in existence since man started erecting building. The main attention was given to the erection of the building itself‚ the management of the people and material were given less interest. This paper would look at the evolution of project management as a discipline
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Name: HOANG PHU ID: BA201 Project in Leadership Project Explanation: Choose two leadership role-model of yours one to follow eagerly and the other not to follow describe main points of each role model and compare those two role-models from your point of view. Answer: THE CONCEPT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE: Leadership style is an expression of how the work of leaders Leadership style is characteristic signs of the system of management activities is by leaders of their personality characteristics
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Identifying Key Risks in Construction Projects: Life Cycle and Stakeholder Perspectives Dr Patrick. X.W. Zou1 ‚ Dr Guomin Zhang2 and Professor Jia-Yuan Wang3 1 and 2: Faculty of Built Environment‚ University of New South Wales‚ Sydney 2052‚ Australia; 3: College of Architecture and Civil Engineering‚ Shenzhen University‚ Shenzhen‚ P.R. China E-mail addresses: 1 p.zou@unsw.edu.au‚ 2 guominz@fbe.unsw.edu.au‚ 3 wangjy@szu.edu.cn Abstract Managing risks in construction projects has been recognised as
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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
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