Project management Salman Ali Haider

Project management:
Project management in the modern sense began in the early 1960s, although it has its
roots much further back in the latter years of the 19th century. The need for project
management was driven by businesses that realized the benefits of organizing work
around projects and the critical need to communicate and co-ordinate work across
departments and professions. Here is the main definition of what project management is:

“Project management is no small task. It reduces risk and increases the

chance of success. It uses various tools to measure accomplishments and
track project tasks and it is not a continuous process.”

Project Management Integration --- the Source of Success

In project management when all the elements, as u can see in the diagram below, are
fulfilled give us a high level of project management. Bringing charms to everyone related
to the project.

The Tetrad Tradeoff — Four Objectives or Constraints

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Job specification:

Qualification and Experience:

A person who wants to apply for the position of project manager should essentially have

• A bachelor's degree
• It is important to have 3 to 4 years of experience in project management.

Key Competencies and Skills:

As the job of a project manager carries huge responsibilities, he / she needs to have
certain important skills. Two most important things required to become a project manager
are planning and organization skills. Along with these, the project manager should have a
variety of other competencies too, as mentioned below.

• Financial management skills

• Good communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent business management and developmental skills
• Leadership qualities
• Efficient team management skills
• Ability to resolve conflicting situations
• Computer or technical knowledge
• Effective problem solving skills
• Ethics
• Could manage diversified workforce
• Mathematical skills
• Good in science

Job description:

Responsibilities of a project manager:

The project manager function is characterized by a common set of duties and applies all
of his duties to fulfill all the requirements of the project. Additional project-specific
responsibilities may be needed and/or required to meet the project goals and objectives.

1. Planning

• Plan projects in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost
and agreed quality standards
• Schedule tasks, deadlines and milestones for all stakeholders and resources
• Create detailed chart of milestones for all parties
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• Identify schedule uncertainties and risks for both client and company.
• Develop schedule contingency plans
2. Day-to-Day Management

• Run the project on a day-to-day basis

• Coordinate designers, coders, programmers, other staff, service providers, and
clients
• Assemble assets required for production team to perform tasks
• Disseminate production information to production team through task and sub-
tasks assignment based on requirements
• Coordinate communication between staff and third parties acting on behalf of the
client
• Efficiently and competently manage problems when things go off plan bring them
back on plan or create a new plan with the assistance of key-stakeholders
• Intimately understand the requirements of the project and ensure that work
proceeds on-spec
• Evaluate deliverables prepared by the team to make sure the work meets
requirements and maintains a high level of quality
• Constantly monitor and report on the progress of a project to all stakeholders
• Work with Site Architect & Requirements Analyst as needed to revise Scope &
architecture as needs of the client/project evolve

3. Evaluation & Reporting

• Track and report team hours and file expense reports

• Analyze project profitability
• Conduct performance evaluations

4. Process

• Create, maintain & constantly look to improve production processes

• Provide detailed explanations (written and graphical) of production processes

5. Proposals

• Work directly with Account Manager, Requirements Analyst and Sales to

contribute wording, estimates, charts, samples etc. to proposals
• Work with the Requirements Analyst and production team to estimate costs &
budgets
• work with the Requirements Analyst and production team to come up with
strategies to reduce project cost
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6. Client Management:

• Act as Account Manager for some clients; handle some Account Manager duties
for other clients
• Schedule and attend meetings with clients
• Explain the technology in proposed solutions to Clients and others.
• Articulate design rationale and function strategy as it directly relates to
accomplishing goals set out.
• Done throughout the life of the project if new client or technical requirements
necessitate new design or function strategy
• Present work to the client at milestones throughout the production
• Obtain, discuss and follow-through with feedback from client
• Work with client against scope creep and endeavor to keep project focused
within scope
• Train clients on use of delivered work
• Investigate and answer clients’ questions
• Support & help trouble-shoot delivered work during project and post-project
• Ensure client expectations are met and exceeded in terms of quality of product
and service delivered

Work Conditions:

• Overtime may be required in meet project deadlines.

• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other
devices and objects.
• Physically able to participate in training sessions, presentations, and meetings.
• Some travel may be required for the purpose of meeting with clients,
• Stakeholders or off-site personnel/management

Project management is a high caliber job and only person who are critical and are good in
managing pressure and time can do this job. This job is designed to take whole project in
right direction as many jobs are being done at a time. in every work we face difficulty so
its duty of a manager to remedy problems faced by all so that everyone could work
smoothly. Project management future is also bright because as populations grow and the
share of the world's resources diminish, we can confidently expect the rate of change to
accelerate. Project management will continue to be the most powerful vehicle for
handling these changes in an orderly manner. That is why project manager have to keep
on improving themselves and finding ways to best utilize resources. That is why I like
this job.