The Past, Present, and the Future World of teh Project Manager by Amos Haniff
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The past, present and future world of the project manager
Dr. Amos Haniff
Associate Professor of Project Management
Heriot Watt University
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Scope
• Evolution of the project manager
• Four Phases• 1950-1960’s
• 1970-1980’s
• 1990-2000’s
• Present state
• Identify the necessary future (and current) capabilities of the project manager
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Phase 1: 1950’s -1960’s
• Project Manager as the Scientist
• Focus on duration and cost of major engineering endeavours
• US DoD• 1958 PERT
• E.I.DuPont• 1959 CPM
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Phase 1: 1950’s -1960’s
• Cold War• Ad-hoc development
• DoD encouraged publicity• PM Capability
• DoD/NASA PERT/cost guide (1962)• Forced customers to
use systems
• Too deterministic
• Negative reaction by contractors
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Phase 1: 1950’s -1960’s
• Questioning project success
• Advances in techniques• Project management
failure
• Did capability in quantitative techniques guarantee project success?
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Phase 2: 1970’s - 1980’s
• Project manager as the organiser• Project leadership
• Organisational Theory• Human Resource
Management
• Team working
• Organisational structures• Matrix organisations
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Phase 2: 1980’s
• Shift to mainstream management
• PMI (1983) Body of Knowledge
• Foundation of PM practice
• Project success• Time
• Cost
• Quality
• Project Failure
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Phase 3: 1990’s -2000’s
• The project manager as the strategist
• Managing projects to deliver organisational strategy• Management by
projects
• Choosing the right projects
• Creating project environments
• Stakeholder perception of success
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Phase 3: 1990’s -2000’s
• Project Obsessed
• Projectification of Society • “Growing colonisation of all
quarters of life are guided by project-related principles, rules, techniques and procedures to form a new iron cage of project rationality”
• Daily survival is guided through projects
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Present Competition• Globalisation• Technologies
Quality Standards• Customers higher expectations• At lower profit margins
Technological advancements• Expectations for state-of-the art at
lower costs
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Present
• Project manager as the strategic leader
• Agile
• Manage uncertainty
• React to the changing environment
• Narrow windows of opportunity
• Quicker to market
• Innovate
• Sustain competitive advantage
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Present
• Focus on the temporary organisation
• Ensure that the strategic directives of a single organisation are realised through a project
• Project success• Strategic alignment
Project
Organisation
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Future
• Intense competition• Greater diversity of
specialist knowledge
• Core competencies
• Not found in a single organisation• Temporary multi-
organisation.
• Multiple organisations need to collaborate to compete together. • Joint ventures
• Partnerships
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Temporary Multi-organisation
• Whose strategy is being aligned?
• How is strategic risk managed?• Sensitive information
• How do we lead• Who is the project
manager?
• Who is accountable?• How can we be agile ?
• Agreement at different levels• Corporate• Business level
Project
Organisation
A
Organisation
B
Organisation
D
Organisation
F
Organisation
E
Organisation
C
Layers of bureaucracy
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Future Project Manager
• Project manager as the Super Hero• Tools and techniques
• Organiser
• Strategist
• Strategic Leader
• Agile
• Negotiator
• Deliver the strategic aspirations of multiple organisations • At any one time
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Thank-you
• Questions
….or answers?
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