Leadership+&+The+PM



Leadership and the Project Manager

As you know, this subject is very important in PM as it deals with the human factor to the success of projects



**__The role of project manager is : __** To manage project by identify start and end dates, determine tasks to be performed, activities need to be done by resources of human, financial and materials, limited by constraints of time, budget, employees and abilities we owned. **Project Manager must __control__ several parts at his firm, such as : **
 * [ Communication ]
 * [[image:project_management-1.jpg width="298" height="267" align="right"]][ Planning ]
 * [ Quality ]
 * [Cost Management ]
 * [ Strategy ]
 * [ Team Work ]
 * [ Product Status ]
 * [ User Needs ]
 * [ Project Needs ]
 * [ Changes ]
 * [ Monitoring ]
 * [ Line Management ]

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<span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">The tasks to be handled by a project manager to successfully manage a project include: <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">A project manager is usually responsible for the success or the failure of the project. They first need to define the project and then build its work plan. If the scope of the project is not very clear, or the project is executing poorly, the manager is held accountable. However, this does not mean that the manager does all the work by himself (which is practically impossible). There is an entire team under the project manager, which helps to achieve all the objectives of the project. However, if something goes wrong, the project manager is ultimately accountable. <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Apart from this, depending on the size and the complexity of the project, they may need to take on multiple roles. The project manager may need to assist with gathering business requirements, help to design a database management system or may prepare project documentation. They may work full time on a large project, or may work part-time on various projects of a smaller nature; or may alternatively handle various projects as well as handle other responsibilities like business analysis and business development. <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">At times, they may have accountability but not authority. For example, he or she may be using certain resources but might not have direct control over those resources. At such times, the manager might find certain limitations over task execution, which might not take place as they might have liked. Not having direct control over the state of finances and finance allocation might cause ambiguity. <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">In order to be successful, the project manager must be given support and authority by senior management.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Integration Management - This is developing and managing the direction of the project.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Scope Management - This includes planning, defining and managing the scope of the project.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Time and Cost Management - This covers developing a schedule, allocating resources and managing funds for the project.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Quality Management - This involves taking care of the quality of the process in question such that it meets or even exceeds various quality parameters set earlier.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Human Resource Management - A manager needs to take care of his team, encourage and motivate them and make sure the team moves in the right direction.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Communication Management - The manager needs to prepare a communication plan and make sure that there is a healthy communication, both horizontally and vertically.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Risk Management - Various risks involved in a project should be identified and a mitigation and contingency plan needs to be developed to ensure that the project is not derailed at any point.
 * <span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">Procurement Management - Various materials needed during the project need to be procured and managed with the vendors and suppliers for successful completion of the project.

<span style="color: #464646; font-family: segoe_uiregular; font-size: 19px;">//Tony Jacowski is a quality analyst for The MBA Journal. Aveta Solutions - Six Sigma Online - www.sixsigmaonline.org, offers online six sigma training and certification classes for lean six sigma, black belts, green belts, and yellow belts.//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Shahd Khalifa ~