WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PROJECT MANAGER Ramon L. Morales Robert Morris University 11 May 2010‚ PMP 575 The text “What it takes to be a good project manager” analyses two approaches to the prerequisites of effective project management. The author‚ B.Z.Posner‚ makes an original parallel between the primary personal characteristics of successful project managers (PM) and the basic problems facing such a position. In fact‚ Posner suggests the idea that these approaches are interconnected and hence
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"In the name of Allah The All Merciful The most Merciful" Useful Science for the Sake of God Course: Negotiation Skills for Project Managers مهارات التفاوض لمديري المشاريع Instructor: |Dr. Attia Hussien Gomaa | |Industrial Engineering Consultant | |Engineering Service - American University In Cairo
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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
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several years of disappointing performance. File Cantalupo The big question remains: What can Cantalupo do to fix McDonald’s? The 47-year-old chain‚ with 30‚000 restaurants in 121 countries‚ appears to have lost its way. Its stock has tumbled. Same-store sales are mostly down. The chain that virtually invented fast food has failed to innovate for years‚ industry analysts say. Who’d have imagined three or four decades ago that eating at McDonald’s could become for some their fast-food last
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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
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Dell designed and structured the supply chain to provide customized computers in a quick manner and with a reasonable price. Customers can visit the Dell website and configure the PC they desired and see the cost options they selected. Once the order was finalized‚ Dell would then start the building of that customized computer to meet the customer’s selection and ship the finished product directly from the manufacturing facility to the customer. The customer expectation was they would get the
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essential concern for project management is performing the project successfully. This concern can be measured with how success is evaluated‚ and what factor plays important roles in the project performance. Closely associated with this is the concern for the competence and the skills of the project manager. Acquiring certain managerial skills is considered to have the most impact on successful project outcomes. The following headlines are to highlight three of the project manager fundamental skills
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Life of a Project Manager 1. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day? Project is a complex‚ non-routine‚ one time effort that is limited by time‚ budget‚ resources and performance specifications and it’s implemented to meet the customer requirements. The following activities performed by Rachel are project related: a. Review project reports and prepare for the weekly status meeting – 25 min b. Participate in the progress review meeting – 45 min c. Reviewing project assignments
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Responsibilities of a Project Manager Today’s businesses have found that project managers have become more popular and valuable to the organizations industry. A project manager is a leader who specializes project management. They have a responsibility in completing simple tasks up to the most difficult projects. A project manager can arrange the project into three simple stages; planning‚ organizing‚ and controlling that will assist them in the completion of an assignment or project. Project managers
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Effective Project Manager? Instructions 1. Define the scope of the project clearly. Make sure to know when you are finished. This may mean breaking a project into smaller phases if it is a large-scale project. Get the team to agree to the scope at the beginning and document what success looks like. Have a clear discussion of what the project is and more importantly‚ what it is not. This will flush out assumptions people may have that differ from reality. 2. Know the team and what they are expected
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