PROJECT MANAGEMENT

October 14th, 2011

REPORT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Commercial design is one of most “framed” works cause all works have time limits and final date of opening.

Preparation of effective plan can help to achieve short and long-term goals with no unwanted mistakes and all done in time. Coordinator even can left some extra time is anybody will not be able finish his job on time.

The key factors that determine project success:

Planning:	Time spent planning is time well spent. A good plan provides the following benefits: Clarity documented project milestones and deliverables; A valid and realistic time-scale; Allows accurate cost estimates to be produced; Details resource requirements; Acts as an early warning system, providing visibility of task slippage; Keeps the project team focused and aware of project progress.
Saying No:	Never promise anything you know you can’t deliver, you are just storing up problems for later then.
Team Motivation:	A motivated team will go that extra mile to deliver a project on time and to budget. Communication is key here, so let your tem know when they are performing well, not just when they are performing badly.
Risk Management:	Nobody likes to think about risks especially early on in a project. Avoid risk management at your peril. I recommend that you produce a risk log with an action plan to minimize each risk and then publish it to all the key stakeholders in your project. Knowing what action you will take, should the worst happen, will be a great comfort.
Project Check List:	By using Check list we are able to how we are progressing and what we need to do better.

The key factors that determine project failure:

1	Lack of clear links between the project and the organization’s key strategic priorities, including agreed measures of success.
2	Lack of clear senior management and Ministerial ownership and leadership.
3	Lack of effective engagement with stakeholders.
4	Lack of skills and proven approach to project management and risk management.
5	Too little attention to breaking development and implementation into manageable steps.
6	Evaluation of proposals driven by initial price rather than long-term value for money (especially securing delivery of business benefits).
7	Lack of understanding of, and contact with the supply industry at senior levels in the organization.
8	Lack of effective project team integration between clients, the supplier team and the supply chain.

A project manager is the person who has the overall responsibility for the successful planning and execution of a project. He or she must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management skills.

Team members are responsible for many of the day-to-day activities in one or more projects. As a result, team members must use timesheets to report actual work against project tasks, maintain and reply to status reports and status report requests from project managers and team leads, and collaborate with others who are working on the same project.

Each have different and I would like to suggest legitimate views about what is ethical. In some cultures the payment to a middleman is a way of doing business, in others it is called bribery.  Under some bribery legislation these ‘grease’ payments are legal; under the UK Bribery Act they are illegal.

If it is to get the job done, and it is done in such a way that will damage the reputation of the client, the project manager or his organization, then this is self-defeating and wrong.

I think the role of the project manager is to maintain this balance and be true to himself and his profession. The way that this can be done is by being ethical, not the simple do not lie, take bribes and put other people down. These are straightforward; it is the more complex balances where the project manager as a leader in the organization begins to add real value to the project and his profession. Ethical theory and reflection can be used to allow the project manager to structure his thoughts and arrive at a decision. More importantly it allows him to articulate his decisions to his team and the wider community in a way that is clear and helps them be interpreted in a positive way to deliver a successful project outcome.

Ethical project management is not just a nice to have when times are good.  It is an essential part of how a project manager leads his projects.  As important, is the way in which these difficult decisions are communicated to ensure they are perceived as ethical ensuring the best outcomes for all.

Important to establish hierarchy amongst team members cause then people becoming silent, antisocial, sometimes unhappy and depressed. To communicate successful lines we should respect each other, be patient, be responsible and try to understand wishes of team.

By “Lily Design” 2011