EMPM5103

Assignment Presentation Question 1

Team Members: AJ, Azi, Fadzli

Quick Recap of Question 1

1 What are attributes of a PM? 3 Hire within or outside?

2 Can a PM be trained?

4 Case Study

Attributes of PM (continued)
Leadership Quality Risk/Uncertainty Mgmt.

Effective Communicator

Honesty & Integrity

Decisive

Can a PM be Trained?
Project Management Methodology & Techniques can be taught. Other skills can be acquired from on the job training and knowledge transfer (Mentor - Mentee). Institutions such as OUM, Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford offering PM courses.

Hire Within or Outside?

Internal Personnel is new to Project Management Time to train may be long

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Pool of Experienced Project Managers available Lower probability of error

HIRING THE CORRECT PROJECT MANAGER WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!

Case Study of Quixtar

I-Commerce company in Michigan, USA Founded in 1959 Business opportunity company, offering entrepeneurs ability to be Independant Business Owner (IBO)

Ref. Project Management Case Studies 3rd Edition by Harold Kerzner, Ph.D. pp 145-149

Case Study of Quixtar

Initiation Change of leadership in Communications Dept

Planning

Setup project team 5 Year Plan AE to PM

Execution

External training e. g. PMP certification PMP train internal staff

Case Study of Quixtar

Monitoring & Control 5 year control plan Risk management Quality management Simple Reporting standard (traffic light)

Closure

7 steps of Project Management Project Management company culture All projects successful since implementation

Questions & Discussion