SIM335

SIM335



Table of Contents

Network diagram and its Purpose4

Project Management6

Skills Required by the Project Manager6

Leadership Ability7

Developing People7

Communication Skills7

Handling Stress8

Interpersonal Skills8

Problem Solving Skills8

Time Management8

Cost Management8

Quality Management9

Risk Management9

Issue Management9

Project Management Process10

Project Stages11

Managing Project Lifecycle12

Plan13

Execution13

Closing14

Control Issues14

Conclusion16

References17

Appendices18

SIM335

Introduction

The paper highlights the project management process of two business cases. The first case relies on the effectiveness of network diagram in ensuring the smooth execution of the project. The paper also discusses the project management process, skills and capabilities of the project manager, the project lifecycle stages, and the control issues of the project management process. It highlights these areas keeping in view the case of Inesta PLC.

Network diagram and its Purpose

In business, the activities must be carried out under a predetermined order, and network diagrams facilitate the representation of the relationships of priority, logical and sequential succession. To obtain a suitable network diagram, we have activities that can be easily identified, with start and end, as they relate to each other and with a specific time to perform. Any network or diagram allows continuous monitoring of works progress, goals and targets, according to the schedule, noting also the shortest path of execution without sacrificing quality. This is verified that the networks come to be a set of mesh or graph associated tissues that allow preferences relations between activities, allowing access to the union of points where the curves are made (Cleland, Ireland, 2007). Pert graphically simulates the complete project which marks the time when the specifics of a job should be started or completed and is in turn the activities to be performed. Project network is a diagrammatic representation of the activities which are interconnected in a project. The project activities network is either predecessors or successor activities. The project network is also known as the precedence diagram. The networks are composed of nodes and arcs, and the time sequenced from left to right. All the activities instead of start and finish time have at least one predecessor and successor. One can say that a robust network diagram is a step by step project representation (Meredith,Samuel, 2003). There are two types of project network: the arrow diagram (activity on the arrow) and the precedence diagram (activity node). The arrow diagram shows the nodes for events and the arrows for an activity. The predecessor diagram depicts the activities in the order in which they occur. The relationship of A and B represents an event node. These event nodes refer to an instant where an activity begins or ends. An event node occurs when all the activities entering the node have been completed (Meredith,Samuel, 2003).

Network diagram is a process or illustrating how the impacts are related and what are the consequences of the impacts on one activity over others. It is an effective way of allocating resources. For the object management tasks, it is easier to troubleshoot the problems if the technicians know what exists in their networks and where and how each node is connected to the other nodes. A network diagram provides the big picture that allows ...