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Facilitator
Manager-as-supervisor versus manager-asfacilitator
Systems approach versus analytical
approach
Suboptimization
Communicator
Figure 2-1 Communication Paths Between a
Projects Parties-At-Interest
THE PMS
RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE
PROJECT
Three Overriding
Responsibilities
Acquiring resources
Getting necessary quantity and quality can be
key challenge
Irrational optimism
Negotiation, Conflict
Resolution, and Persuasion
Necessary to meet three overriding
responsibilities
SELECTION OF A PROJECT
MANAGER
Key Criteria
Credibility - The PM is believable
technical credibility
administrative credibility
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS
A PROFESSION
Project Management as a
Profession
Project Management Institute
More than 64,000 members
Drawbacks
Expensive for small projects
Specialists may have limited technological depth
May require high levels of duplication for certain
specialties
Functional Project
Organization
Advantages
technological depth
Drawbacks
lines of communication outside functional
department slow
technological breadth
project rarely given high priority
Drawbacks
violation of the unity of command principle
complexity of managing full set of projects
conflict
Characteristics of Effective
Project Team Members
Technically competent
Politically sensitive
Problem orientation
Goal orientation
High self-esteem
Matrix projects
Important to maintain good morale
Project office
Intrateam Conflict
Life cycle phase and source of conflict
Name-only team
Interpersonal conflict
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