Project Management: Assignment 1

Question One
The author describes a project manager as an ‘accidental profession’ for two reasons:
- there are no specific programs or courses, to train a project manager, nor even within companies who are specialized in project management.
- people normally do not wish to be a project management, as it isn’t a well defined career, and above all, it doesn’t have a defined path within an organization
Globally, all different branches of management (finance, marketing, sales, etc.) have a specific planned role within their company, as they work in their division, they have specific duties, following the global company’s main goals.
Instead, project managers are called upon to lead, plan and control on a particular task, based on a specific necessity of the company to create or implement a plan of action, working with and coordinating all different branches of the company.
Looking at the twelve points a project manager must consider and remember while doing his work, I think the most important one is the number one: understand the context of project management. This because before taking any action and starting doing a project, it is fundamental to understand what it has to be done, and what is the focus objective to be accomplished, in order to make a precise work. I would rank at number two, at same level, lead from the front and build and maintain a cohesive team, as it is very important to establish the roles and to have a cohesive team is always the best way to achieve the results in a project. Then, in my opinion, it is also important to understand who the stakeholders are and what they wont, as they are the people who have the highest interest in the success of a project, and they evaluate the final work. Use time carefully or it will use you, and enthusiasm and despair are both infectious, must be taken in