The art of successful project management is the application of the tools and techniques to achieve the objectives on time. As we saw in the last chapter, the project management software makes the number crunching easier, allowing numerous reiterations and faster communication and distribution of the results. But the software is not all-powerful and there [...]
QUALITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE PROJECT LEADER
A list of desirable qualities includes:
? flexibility and adaptability;
? ability to demonstrate significant initiative;
? assertiveness, confidence and verbal fluency;
? ambition, drive and commitment;
? effective communication and good listening skills;
? enthusiasm, imagination and creativity;
? being well organized and self-disciplined;
? being a generalist rather than a specialist – having technical awareness;
? being [...]
WHAT IS PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT?
As we have seen, a programme is a collection of interdependent projects managed in a co-ordinated manner that together will provide the desired outcomes. Programme management is essentially the control system you use to achieve the desired results or outcomes. The phases and the dynamic life cycle comprise the dynamic process you [...]
Project Management Approaches
Project management approaches can be differentiated by the way in which projects are perceived. Traditional method-oriented project management approaches are based on the perception of projects as tasks with special characteristics. The systemic and process-oriented project management approach of Roland Gareis’ Project and Program Management is based on the perception of projects as [...]
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