GMS 450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Project Management, Project Manager, You Want This
3 Mar 2015
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Once project has been selected the senior manager has to choose a project manager. 2. 1 project manager role: project manager usually selected after project is selected. Must ensure that those working on project have the appropriate knowledge, resources, and time to accomplish their responsibilities. Projects are beset with conflict: with clients, members, managers, etc. Analytical approach centers on understanding the bits and pieces in a system o. Must understand how everything impacts the overall project. Find out what must be accomplished to produce the deliverable. Find out what resources are required and how obtain them. Find out what personnel are needed to carry out production and where they may be obtained. Pm is responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, budgeting, and controlling the project o. Pm may work for a program manager who closely supervises and second guesses every decision. Deadly management sins boss instruct project manager exactly what to do.
