Project Management



Project Management

Introduction

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The budget for the project is AUD 250,000. Timeframe for project completion is: Twelve months. Project management is the art of directing and coordinating human and material resources throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, cost, time, quality and participation satisfaction''(Kerzner, 2009).

Role Of The Project Manager

Project managers are the point people responsible for coordinating activities of project team members to achieve project objectives. Whereas project team members tend to have narrowly focused skills and expertise, and are primarily concerned with day-to-day functions, Project Managers focus equal attention on near- and long-term activities.

As a project manager, my responsibilities in this project includes:

•Defining the scope of projects;

•Developing project schedules;

•Estimating project costs;

•Gaining stakeholders' approvals;

•Measuring project progress;

•Controlling project changes;

•Closing out projects.

Identifying Stakeholders

Stakeholder identification and management is a key skill for all project managers, program managers and executives (collectively called project manager for the purpose of this paper). Stakeholders are individuals who represent specific interest groups served by the outcomes and performance of a project or program.

Identify Stakeholder

Inputs

Tools

Outputs

Project charter

Procurement documents

Enterprise process assets

Organizational process assets

Stakeholder analysis

Export judgment

Stakeholder register

Stakeholder management strategy

Stakeholders for this project includes e:

Community groups

Industry or business associations

Environmental groups

Local councils

Government departments

Communication With Stakeholders

Communication is - in my opinion - the number one skill that a project manager needs to have. Going into any engagement who the project manager will be communicating with is a question mark because the project itself can be more far reaching than originally imagined.

Now those finely honed communication skills are going to come in handy. In order to determine the specific goals of the project, there is a need to meet with each of the key stakeholders and document their ideas of this project goals. It's also a good idea at this point to gain an understanding of their needs and concerns regarding this project. Perhaps the existing business processes, and the systems that support them, are so old that little documentation exists for them.

Project Strategy Document

Project Management Approach

The basic ingredients for a project management framework may be represented schematically in Figure -1. A working knowledge of general management and familiarity with the special knowledge domain related to the project are indispensable.

Project Scope

Specifically, project management in construction encompasses a set of objectives which may be accomplished by implementing a series of operations subject to resource constraints. There are potential conflicts between the stated objectives with regard to scope, cost, time and quality, and the constraints imposed on human material and financial resources(Wysocki, 2011). These conflicts should be resolved at the onset of a project by making the necessary tradeoffs or creating new alternatives(Martin, 2010).

Project Milestones

Project Milestone Log

Task

Milestone

Completion Date

Task 1

Thermal Infrared Mapping and ...