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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS   

 

What is Project Management?
Many assumptions are made but the easiest way to answer the question is to look at the definitions of the words:-

 - a project is a scheme to achieve a specified objective
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to manage is to control resources to achieve the objective
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a project manager controls resources  to achieve objectives

What Activities Does A Project Manager Carry Out?  
The Project Manager carries out the following: Project Start-Up, Project Implementation and General Considerations (as outlined below).  When efficiently and skillfully performed, the outcome is a successful project!


 

Project Management Tasks
 

Project Start-Up
establishment of a Project Office (including procedures and filing system)
negotiating Service Level Agreements
managing the Business Process Re-Engineering activities
managing the preparation of job specifications
interview and selection of appropriate team members
managing product and vendor selection
  
 Project Implementation
reporting project progress
reporting financial progress
management of the Change Control process
the collection and handling of business and technical issues
  
 General Considerations
escalation of management issues
lead by example
reviews (during and after the project)
 

  

 
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