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Project Management in Practice ISV Fourth Edition
Prepared byScott M. Shafer,
Updated by William E. Matthews and
Thomas G. Roberts, William Paterson University
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Project Manager’s Roles
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Manager-as-facilitator versus manager as supervisor
Use of a systems approach as opposed to an analytical approach• sub-optimization
Avoid micromanagementmicromanagement is a management style whereby a
manager closely observes or controls the work of subordinates or employees. Micromanagement generally has a negative implication
Communicate … ensure that project team members have appropriate knowledge and resources
Supervisor
An employee is a supervisor if he has the power and authority to do the following actions:Give instructions and/or orders to subordinates.Be held responsible for the work and actions of other
employees. If an employee cannot do the above, legally he or she is
probably not a supervisor, but in some other category, such as lead hand.
A supervisor is first and foremost an overseer whose main responsibility is to ensure that a group of subordinates get out the assigned amount of production, when they are supposed to do it and within acceptable levels of quality, costs and safety.
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Supervisor..
A supervisor is responsible for the productivity and actions of a small group of employees. The supervisor has several manager-like roles, responsibilities, and powers. Two of the key differences between a supervisor and a manager are (1) the supervisor does not typically have "hire and fire" authority, and (2) the supervisor does not have budget authority.
As a member of management, a supervisor's main job is more concerned with arranging and controlling work rather than performing it directly.
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Facilitator
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• The facilitator's job is to support everyone to do their best thinking and practice. To do this, the facilitator encourages full participation, promotes mutual understanding and promotes shared responsibility. By supporting everyone to do their best thinking, a facilitator enables group members to search for inclusive solutions and build sustainable agreements.
• So, facilitators necessarily require authority to chair a meeting.
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Teacher is one whose occupation is to instruct, Supervisor is an administrative officer in charge of a business, government, or school unit or operation, Manager is a person who conducts business or household affairs; a person who directs a team,Facilitator is one that helps to bring about an outcome (as learning, productivity, or communication) by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision.
Manager as Communicator
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Communication paths between a project’s parties-at-interest
Senior Managemen
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Project Team
Outside Interested
Parties
ManagerClient
Virtual Project Manager
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Geographically dispersed projects Communication via
• email• web• telephone• video conferencing
Project Manager’s Golden Rule
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“Never let the boss be surprised.”
Project Manager’s Responsibilities to the Project
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Acquiring resources• getting necessary quantity and quality
can be key challengesFighting fires and obstaclesLeadership and making trade-offs
Essential Skills of Project Manager
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Ability to:• negotiate• resolve conflicts• persuade• avoid “irrational optimism”
Characteristics of a Successful Project Manager
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Credibility – he/she is believable• technical credibility• administrative credibility
Sensitivity - politically smart and aware of interpersonal conflict
Leadership, Style, Ethics – able to direct project in an ethical manner
Growing Importance of Multicultural Projects
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Project managers have to be aware of cultural differences between countries
Common practice in one country may be illegal in another
Paying a government official to fast track an approval, leaving out obvious information in a bid, inviting a client to dinner, etc.
Project managers have to be trained to the highest ethical standards
Project Management As A Profession
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Project Management Institute (PMI) is a project-oriented organization with more than 300,000 members worldwide
PMI publishes The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
Factors Increasing The Importance of Projects
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Importance of time-to-market Need for specialized knowledge from a variety of areas
Explosive rate of technological change
Need for responsibility and control
Rapid growth of globalized industry
The Pure Project Organization
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President
Project Manager
ManagerProject A
ManagerProject B
VP MarketingVP
ManufacturingVP
R&D
MarketingManufacturingR&DHuman Resources
MarketingManufacturingR&DHuman Resources
The Pure Project Organization
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Advantages• effective and efficient for large projects• resources available as needed• broad range of specialists• short lines of communication Drawbacks• expensive for small projects• specialists may have limited technological
depth• may require high levels of duplication for
certain specialties
Functional Project Organization
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President
Manufacturing
Project
Marketing R & DHuman
Resources Finance
The Functional Project Organization
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Advantages• technological depth Drawbacks• lines of communication outside
functional department can be slow• technological breadth (extent or range)
can be missing• project rarely given high priority
Matrix Project Organization
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President
Program Manager
PM1
PM2
PM3
Manufacturing
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Marketing
1 ½
4
1/2
Finance
½
¼
3
R&D
4
1 ½
1/2
Human Resources
½
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Matrix Project Organization
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Advantages• flexibility in way it can interface with parent
organization• strong focus on the project itself• contact with functional groups minimizes “ projectitis:
This occurs when the project manager and the project team develop a strong attachment to the project ”
• ability to manage fundamental trade-offs across several projects
Drawbacks• violation of the unity of command principle• complexity of managing the organization’s full set of
projects• Intra-team conflict “mistakes in redirecting the team
members”
Matrix Team Problems
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The smaller the project, the more likely it is to be organized as a weak (functional) matrix. As a result:
• PM may have no direct reports• his/her ability to communicate directly
with team members will be critical• important to maintain good morale …
since team loyalty may be limited • a project “war room” may be helpful
Causes of Intrateam Conflict
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Life cycle phase … conflicts vary with the different stages of the project
Name-only team … in which individuals work essentially independently
Interpersonal conflict … which tends to impact on the ways groups work together
Mixed Project Organization
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President
Project M
Finance EngineeringProject
ZManufacturi
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Project Management Offices
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There can be several different types of PMOs in large firms … with different and sometimes overlapping areas of operations
• CPMO (corporate project management office)• EPMO (enterprise project management office)
Characteristics of Effective Project Team Members
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Team members must be/have:
• technically competent• politically sensitive• problem oriented• goal oriented• high self-esteem (confidence)
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