Characteristics
Of Project Management
Research
According to
ProjectSmart.co.uk website, In project management there are several kinds of
characteristics such as good communicator, integrity, enthusiasm, empathy,
competence, ability to delegate tasks, cool under pressure, team building
skills, problem solving skills ect.
(Timothy R.
Barry, 2012)
In PMBOK 6th
edition, shows it following way.
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Temporary Endeavor
·
Unique
·
Require Progressive Elaboration
·
Other elements
o
Limited by resources
o
Single point
o
Responsibility
o
Suffers with conflicts
·
Management areas
o
Planning
o
Organizing
o
Controlling
Temporary Endeavor
Temporary endeavor means it has a beginning and end. Project
cannot be permanent. It has to be finish at any moment. Every event must be
temporary.
Unique
Uniqueness of the product, service or result is unique
deliverable. This not means that there are not any similarities between projects
but overall result should be unique.
Require Progressive Elaboration
According to PMBOK 6th edition, progressive
elaboration, also known as require progressive elaboration is defined as
“continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific
information and more accurate estimates become available as the project
progresses, and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result
from the successive iterations of the planning process”.
At the beginning of the project no one knows nothing but by
the process of progressive elaboration stage, move completely unknown to successful
project. In other words project team use best practices of project management
to fulfill requirements, goals and objectives of the project.
Other Elements
o
Limited by resources
§ This
means managing projects with limited resources. Limit resources is kind of
reduce cost and kind of risky thing. If have less resources with less
experienced you will not know how they work and what project outcome is. With
less experienced resources makes the project harder. Also project manager
cannot higher well experienced resources for the project. It has to be combined
together. That depends with the project type.
o
Single point
§ In
a project team there are so many resources. Only one person cannot make
decisions. This is called single point. After project manager planned the
project it is quite difficult to change. If he wants to change it he cannot
change his own decision. He has to talk with his team. Then other people of the
team knows where they have to change and when. But project constraints must
balance.
o
Responsibility
§ Project
team responsible for accomplish requirements of the project. Each person has
different types of tasks to achieve in a project. Main responsibility belongs
to project manager. He has to manage the project. Under his planning everybody
continuing their tasks. If he made any mistake then everybody will make same
mistake. So project manager responsible for all tasks under his project.
o
Suffers with conflicts
§ Conflicts
mean serious arguments or disagreements. In project management there are several
conflicts between team members. Project manager and others should know how to
control them. Otherwise it will make the project unsuccessful. Conflicts depend
with the situation, how they look ect. All conflicts are not bad or good.
Management Areas
o
Planning
§
Planning
is the heart of the project management. This is where project manager
responsible for all tasks in the project. The
project management body of knowledge (PMBOK, 1996) defines project integration
management as: " the process required to ensure that the various
elements of the project are properly co-ordinate. ".
§
Project
management steps:
Project
charter
Feasibility
study
Scope
management
WBS
OBS
(organization breakdown structure)
Critical
path method
Schedule
bar chart
Procurement
schedule
Resource
histogram
Budget
and project cash flow
Communication
plan
Project
quality plan
Risk
management plan
Baseline
plan
o
Organizing
§ The
management functions concerned with assigning tasks, grouping tasks into
departments and allocating resources to departments. Main steps in organizing
are as follows:
Identifying tasks
Dividing tasks
Delegating authority
Designing an organizational structure
Assigning tasks to right people
o
Controlling
§ The
management function concerned with monitoring activities of employees, keeping
the organization on track, towards its goals, and making correction as needed. Main
steps in controlling process are:
Establish standards to be used in measuring
progress towards goals
Measure performance against standards
Taking action necessary to correct
deviation from standards
Analyzing
§ Advantages
It is easy to work according to a
process.
Team can complete the project tasks on
time.
§ Disadvantages
It is difficult to change tasks once it
starts.
Sometimes it is difficult to answer for conflicts.
Everybody should agree for that.
Conclusion
In
above research section shows characteristics of a project. All points include
for a project. It is temporary and unique. There are so many similar projects
but its outcome is different. Under require progressive elaboration part all
should know the steps of the project process. Under that section project is going
to begin officially. All characteristics come according to an order. At the
very beginning project manager has to plan the project and then others
continues it. Completing tasks one by one is the best way of achieving
objectives and goals. Everybody has unique responsibilities in the project. Project
manager needs support from his team to accomplish project goals. So that’s means
all must take responsibility and complete on time.
References
·
Project management essentials, 2010, Available[online]:
http://projectmanagementessentials.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/progressive-elaboration-moving-from-the-unknown-to-the-known/,
[Assessed 2012 march 27]
·
Babou, 2008, Available[online]: http://leadershipchamps.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/roles-and-responsibilities-of-a-project-manager/,
[Assessed 2012 march 31]
·
PMBOK
Guide, 2008. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth
Edition.
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