Project manager

1 We spent almost more than 4 months on our Project Management class. I believe that I learned a lot in this class. First of all, I like to tell that, I had never used MS Project 2013 as an IT student, but while this class, I knew that how to use and utilize Microsoft Project in project work. Even I like to work as a team. In the first chapter, we learned that how project management is important and nowadays, there are many jobs available for project management. We also saw the statistics…

involved with the project and the potential outcome and benefits. This process defines the framework of the project What is possible / realistic? Investigate potential solutions and the ramifications of choosing different routes to achieve the same or slightly modified outcomes. If outcomes differ from the original plan, is this a more effective solution to the change process. Stakeholders and opinion formers need to be kept informed of relevant details relating to the project. A…

L.O.3.2: Project Scheduling Tools to Plan the Project Activities so as to Minimise the Time and Cost of the Project: There are different techniques and tools that would be sued for scheduling of project and facilitates the firm to develop correct schedules in order to execute activities, duties, tasks and responsibilities. Different tools and techniques in this regards could be used in case of Palm Tree Spa, summarized as under. Gantt Chart: The Gantt Chart is an effective project management…

non-personnel expenses. For my project, personnel direct cost include the primary investigator, IT specialist, statistical advisor and project manager. Personnel budget with be a combination of their salary, time spent on the project, and fringe rate. Non-personnel direct cost consist of equipment and materials such as software, paper, pencils and pens, staples, tape, thumb drives, postage stamps and envelops. Last, there will a consortium cost with the sleep specialist, who the project will be…

insight of the Project Management area. Career Advancement After I get my master degree, I will go back to China and want to start my own business, I’d like to become a leader or project manager in the future, my goal is to have a real estate company in China, since it is difficult and need a lot of skill to achieve, so I think this is necessary to finish my project management…

1. Risk management must be a part of every project that is undertaken, especially in large scale IT projects where there are many players and shifting requirements. If a project does not use risk management, then the project manager either has never worked on a complex project or is overconfident that no risk will be present. (Jutte, B., et al., 2016, para. 3) 2. Identification of risk at the very beginning of a project is essential to making sure all known risk is identified. Two main…

concerning the progress of the project and a means of reinforcing that employees can work as a team to make things happen. Notably, meetings allow every stakeholder get aware of what is happening within the company and at the same time provide an opportunity for direct feedback. The project managers therefore, need to schedule frequent meetings to be sure that conveyance of information regarding the change is concise and clear. However, before holding the meeting, the project manager needs to…

Q1. At this point, what would you do if you were the project manager? At this point and as the project manager, I would arrange a meeting with senior management officials and present the bottom-up (micro) estimates. However disagreeable the task may seem, upper management must be made aware that a detailed review of the two estimates indicates the project will finish 4 months past the planned finished date and 20% over the original budget. After presenting the inconsistencies between the…

ensures that the project manager has an understanding of all the work or tasks the project entails. It can be further refined by having other opinions of the task lists from a quantifiable description of the project. Knowing most of the tasks at an early stage usually highlights and triggers changes that would need to be made before resources are wasted on them. One of the downfalls of the project is the Top Down approach when considering workloads. The DPA’s IT Support Manager underestimated…

Quality is regarded as one of the most critical factors needed to ensure the success of construction projects. Quality of construction projects, as well as project success, can be regarded as the full filament of expectations (i.e. the satisfaction) of the project participants. Quality management has played a role in the transition from reacting to the outcome of site production activities to become a strategic business function accounting for the raison d’être (reason of being) of construction…