...search of the competent project manager Crawford, L Project Management Program, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123 Broadway NSW Australia 2007 As project management matures as a profession there is increasing international interest in the concept of project management competence. Demand for added value and the impact of the information age on work practices has meant that we are constantly required to deliver more for less with increasing emphasis on the competence to deliver value. Whether we recognise it or not, in every aspect of our lives, we are increasingly delivering results through projects. This places emphasis on competence of people who manage and contribute to projects. A major international research project is enhancing understanding of the project management role and of the environments in which projects are managed. It is providing clues in the search for the competent project manager. 1. Introduction Project management is often referred to as the ‘accidental profession’ [1]. It is also a profession in formation, and much of the attention given to project management competence reflects attempts to pin down, or better understand the evolving nature of project management and the role of the project manager. Although there has been focus on the search for the competent project manager, there is growing appreciation that projects will be delivered more effectively if there is synergy between the project management competence of individuals...
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...building or infrastructure. Construction differs from manufacturing in that manufacturing typically involves mass production of similar items without a designated purchaser, while construction typically takes place on location for a known client. Some Professions of Construction Industry are * Construction Manager * Architect * Design Engineer * Plumber * Electrician * Cement Mason and Concrete Finisher * Carpenter * Sheet Metal Worker * Brick mason and Block mason * Painter * Glazier * Insulation Contractor We have chosen Construction Manager for our topic of study ABOUT PROFESSION Construction Manager The Construction Manager (CM) is assigned to the project sponsor to ensure that all relevant goals are met. The role is the most important throughout the whole building process...
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...Individual Assignment IBM-Successful Enterprise Project Management Office Zhaojie Wang (Will) Brenau University Nov 26, 2013 Why IBM should establish PMO Growing global competition, change the staff ability and resources pressure, plus client technology rapidly changing expectations affect IBM's bottom line, the company to reconsider its organization structure, business mode and management methods. With the help of some influential people are professional project managers, IBM believes the practice of project management is the key in a reliable way to its global customer complex business solutions. Lack of good project management is the failure of some project, customer satisfaction, revenue and profit. IBM's CEO believed team, set up a strategy converts IBM project based enterprise by improving the project management of the company's core competitiveness. And then execute the steering committee charter and continue to guide the IBM project management center of excellence (PM/COE), a formal enterprise project management office, as its agent converts the IBM project based business changes. Enterprise PMO Implementation across IBM global project management ability of organization, PM/COE establish and promote a consistent professional infrastructure, a common method based on industry standards and support project management agents including process, tools and measuring system. As Rad said: “A fully-functional enterprise project management office (EPMO) would provide tools, techniques...
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...(Hons) Dip Teaching Dip Ed. Management Principal Henley School 56a William Street Richmond 7020 Nelson INF755 Project Management Lecturer – Annette Garcia Week 1 Practical Exercise Topic: What do project managers do? Exercise 1 1.1 Range of salaries for four jobs designated as Project Management. Four project management jobs were identified through www.seek.co.nz A broad search of this site brings up over ten pages of jobs in the project management field across a range of sectors such as construction, information and communication technology, and engineering to name a few. The salary ranged from $55-60K for a Junior Project Manager through to $200K plus for a Senior Project Manager in the Information and Communications Technology field. 1.2 Lowest paid Project Management job in the four selected was responsible for the day to day management of smaller internal projects. Highest paid Project Management job was in the Information and Communications Technology field with experience in technical aspects, stakeholder management, vendor management, ability to manage multiple projects. It would appear that the main reasons for the salary differences are due to the size and scale of the project; the level of self- management required and the prior experience the manager is bringing to the job. 1.3 The ‘range of experience’ between the lowest and highest paid jobs was 10 years plus. 1.4 Job Title | Years of project related experience & certification required | Industry...
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...Project Management Professional Certification Kevin Manning Azusa Pacific University Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Introduction Project Management Professional (PMP) is a certification recognized internationally meant for project managers in nearly every country in the world; the certification is presented by Project Management Institute (PMI) (Edward, 2016). There are a number of other certifications, but most of them do focus on a given subset of geography of domain; PMP works in the whole globe. There are about 200 countries and territories worldwide which have a total of 275 chartered chapters and approximately 700,000 active PMP certified individuals (Edward, 2016). The PMP signifies that the holder of the certification is capable of speaking and understanding the global language as far as project management is concerned; connects you to a community of professionals, organizations and project management experts worldwide to help one become a renowned project expert and a hero in his field (Levin Ginger, 2014). The main purpose of PMP therefore is to help the government and other organizations improve the success and quality of various projects by employing certified managers (Bon, 2006). The research paper analyses the benefits and justification of this certification to individuals and Christian businesses. The benefits of PMP to project managers The PMP has a number of both strengths and weaknesses;...
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...learning, competencies and skills that can significantly contribute to the growth of the organization. XLRI has always been proudly associated with academic excellence, personal values and social concern. It has been the crucible of leadership training for over 60 years and its banner is held high by a fine breed of alumni who serve as “change agents” thereby adding a new dimension to their corporate role. This integral and value based formation will greatly assist our students to be innovative, competent and creative leaders. They are groomed in a manner as to serve as agents of continuous improvement and change. It was in 1997 that XLRI recognized an unfulfilled need for formal management training at middle and senior levels of corporate strata. The result of that thought process was the General Management Programme, which has ever since, transformed several industry professionals into veritable leaders who reflect the standards and values of XLRI at various organizations. Recognized by AICTE, the programme places emphasis on stringent admission procedures for selecting the students who are then exposed to a rigorous training regimen which leads them along a journey of rediscovery. Focused academics, structured pedagogical approaches, competition and program rigor, constantly provide the opportunity to assess and reform one’s own abilities. Through these phases, emerge a competent group of leaders ready to take on the challenges that the...
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...Project Analyst Project Management MacEwan University inspires students with a powerful combination of academic excellence and personal learning experiences – ours is a connected culture that focuses on learner-centered teaching, and on providing opportunities for students to grow and achieve. The university provides a transformative education in a creative, collaborative and supportive learning environment. 19,000 full- and part-time students are enrolled in more than 65 programs: four-year undergraduate degrees, applied degrees, university transfer programs and one- and two-year diploma and certificates. Additional offerings include preparation for university and college, English as an Additional Language, professional and personal development courses and workshops, corporate training and the Conservatory of Music. The Project Management Office of MacEwan University is recruiting for a Project Analyst. The holder of this position’s primary role is to participate in the development, deployment, improvement and promotion of project management standards, best practices, processes and templates across the university as well as within areas of Finance and University Services. As the Project Analyst you will provide support to project management staff, process various aspects of projects within our PeopleSoft ERP system specific to program and project management, including effective project planning, costing and financial management. In addition you will prepare value-added...
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... | |Applied Position | | |Education |2002/09 -- 2006/07 East China University of Science and Technology Bachelor | | |20011/12 -- now East China University of Science and Technology Master | Self Assessment: ← Master in Project Management & Bachelor in computer science or related major with good command. ← At least 6+ years’ solid experience in software, 3+ years’ experiences of people management and project management. ← In-depth business knowledge in software project management related business processes. ← Experience in evaluating and selecting suppliers and creating and managing service level agreements.. ← Proven ability to concurrently manage a complex range of tasks and projects, where achievement is dependent on other’s efforts. ← An innate ability to foresee problems, identify risk and develop plausible solutions. Ability to think strategically ← Familiar with control the scope, the progress,...
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...Reluctant Workers Tim Aston, a young Project Manager only three months into the company, is experiencing difficulty with the operation of his project. The case study is a dialog between Tim and his director, Phil Davies, concerning the advancement of the project. The analysis is on three of the ten effective program management skills and the improvements that should be made for the project to succeed. The three skills identified and analyzed are team building, leadership, and management support, based on my interpretation of the case study. I also have recommendations for both the project manager and the director of project management that will improve environment for the project, and the relationship between the project manager and his staff, and between the project manager and the director of project management. Team Building Team building is described as one of the main responsibilities of the program manager.. "Team building involves a whole spectrum of management skills required to identify, commit, and integrate the various task groups from the traditional functional organization into a single program management system. To be effective, the program manager must provide an atmosphere conducive to teamwork." (Kerzner, 2009, p 148-149) The characteristics for effective team building are choosing committed workers, having a good relationship with the team, the expertise and resources for the project, specific goals and objectives, upper management that will get involved and support...
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...Project Selection and Risks Miguel Rodriguez Project Management Integration Framework BA647 Grantham University Project Selection and Risks Project selection and project risks go hand in hand. Choosing or even not choosing a project, can create risks. Projects are designed to allow organizations to either develop something new or to improve on something already in place. Any given organization can have many good projects that can improve its products, but if the organization is lacking a good project management program and/or has a meager project portfolio, then project risks becomes an even bigger issue. The process for selecting projects can create several project risks; such as having too many projects with limited funds/resources, unforeseen external risks, inadequately trained staff, and multiple of unforeseen problems, causing changes and delays to the project. Some of these examples I just mentioned, can be avoided or minimize with a good project management program. This paper will discuss some of the things a good project management program would include. The overall purpose of a project management program is to help in identifying the unknown risks and to help minimize the known risks. “Without adequate analysis of projects, no one has much idea of what “going right” looks like, so it is not possible to identify and manage the risks – the things that may go wrong” (Kendrick page 20). Even with this knowledge, some organizations at different levels...
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...Expertise : Press Operations, Operation Management, Resource Allocation, Production Planning, SAP PP module, Quality Analysis Area of Interest : Operation Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Strategy Planning Industrial Experience : 12 Years 9 Months+ Senior Manager (Operations and Quality) in ABP Pvt. Ltd. BAMACHARAN KOLE Master of Science in Software System from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan Industrial Experience : 9 Years 6 Months+ IT Services in Tata Consultancy Services Previously worked in Infosys Ltd. Main area of experience as Techno functional analyst in banking vertical mainly in Credit Risk. Extensively worked on Microsoft technologies and Oracle more than 9 years. Experience in development of new templates across multiple client segments (corporate, commercial, private banking & financial institutions), industry verticals (energy, financial services, industrials, agriculture etc), geographies (Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America). Area of Expertise : Financial spreading of any company & saving a snapshot during loan approval process, Internal Credit Risk rating generation based on historical & estimated financial data also scoring a company based on qualitative data, Peer comparison & industry trend analysis, Projection & forecasting, Adhoc and on the fly report and Early warning Area of Interest : IT enabled Banking / Financial services Area of Expertise : Product Marketing, Business Development, Bid Management and Tendering, Technical & Commercial...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT ESSAY MATTHEW DYSON Project management patterns form a source of valuable knowledge in which past experience is broken down into a series of situations and solutions, which can be easily searched and linked together to form a network of ideas through which managers can evaluate and assess the suitability of common approaches for implementation in their own situations. Once implemented, managers can contribute their own experiences back into the pattern database, which helps to expand and increase the amount of real-world information that the patterns contain, and through repetition of this process the quality and quantity of patterns will dramatically increase. There also exists a wide variety of defined and commonly implemented project management methods which are given as a strict structure that the manager will mould their team to, with different methods tailored towards different requirements. For instance, some methods will assume fixed requirements and flexible timescales, whereas others will assume a fixed time for completion allowing for flexible requirements. Once one of these methods is implemented, a strict set of decision making criteria is implemented that ensures that the project will not make compromises in the wrong area. When overseeing a project, a manager should be focusing on two key areas – the social interaction of their team, and the progress that they are making on the tasks given, which ideally should not be mutually exclusive, as...
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...Technology to India Project 420 Professor Table of Contents 1. Project Description 3 2. Project Sizing 5 3 Stakeholder Analysis 6 4. RBS 7 5. Probability-Impact Matrix 8 6. Risk Register 9 7. Summary Risk Report 11 8. Conclusion 14 9. Reference Page 15 Project Description Outsourcing to India has been a booming industry for the information technology field for over the last 10 years. India is the preferred destination for outsourcers to choose as their location of choice for outsourcing. The India IT and BPO are considered trustworthy that has an increasing role in the global customer business strategy. Because of this type of relationship, the customer service branch for outsourcing has been a new trend for customer help desk, IT systems, and a growing network for businesses. The BPO is one of the fastest growing aspects of the IT department. The purpose of outsourcing to India is to save the company money and time by outsourcing the companies call center/IT department. The priority is for the company to be able to function 24hrs a day 7 days a week. This is a high priority project to be able to ensure the expansion of the company is a success. There are several goals and benefits for American companies that are involved with outsourcing to India. One of our goals is to ensure that our team understands the high priority of this project. We have a few high tolerable risks to include the client/customer risk, financial risk, and lack of experience risk. We have mitigated...
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...Director of Healthcare Programs at Edwards Project Solutions, took place on Friday October 9, 2015 at the Starbucks in Owings Mills Maryland. Mr.Perlstein had gotten is Masters in Finance and has been in the project management field for over 15 years. He is apart of the PMI chapter located in Baltimore Maryland. He is a very outgoing, friendly, well rounded man, with great interpersonal skills. He was extremely knowledgeable...
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...BUS 611 Project Planning and Management Dolores E. Ross Patricia White August 27, 2012 Project Plans in the New World The article reviewed Rosenwinkel opinion on project management and the project planning. In the article he stated that project planning could be a waste of time, money and manpower. It has been implemented. (Rosenwinkel, 1995) It is clear we have a different opinion about project planning. In my experience project planning was essential to keeping the project on track and the team focuses. The plan has so many benefits that I can see limited projects that a plan may not be necessary. The projects that are small and have limited people working on it and the project manager is very focus and knowledgeable of the project. I think another consideration is the cost of the project work is money and the success of project is imperative, so a project plan would be the logical way to go. I work for the government and review contract and have sat in on phrase reviews for the various project and I could not see these project progressing without a plan. Now that I have addressed the importance of a project plan I will discuss the project variables and people variables that affect a project. The various variables that a project may have are: Are the project expectation clearly defined and stable; the relative time frame for the completing the project; has a project with similar expectations and similar requirements in expertise been successfully completed...
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