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Project Management

What do you know about management theory?

4 schools of thought?

Project Management

Activities

•Approval & recommendation

•Boundary control, monitoring & maintenance

•General & direct oversight

•Approval & recommendation

•Boundary control, monitoring & maintenance

•General & direct oversight

Exercise

Give examples of:

Roles & activities distribution in project management

Project Management

Nature

•Temporary

•Multi-organisation

•Team or coalition?

•Objectives

•Satisficing

Project Management

Why is the project team:

•temporary

• a multi-organisation

• a team or coalition?

Project Management Functions

•Establishment of client objectives & priorities

•Design project organisation structure

•Identify how client is integrated into project

•Advise on selection and appointment of contributors

•Translate objectives into brief

•Prepare project programme

How do these functions

relate

to contract strategy?

Project Management Functions

•Activate framework of relationships

•Establish information & communication structure

•Convene & chair meetings

•Monitor and control

•Contribute to primary & key decisions, make operational decisions

•Facilities management?

•Project evaluation and organisational learning

Practical considerations

What happens if the PM moves to another project?

What is organisational learning?

Is it necessary in the construction industry?

Change of project manager

What is leadership?

Why is it important for the Project manager?

Leadership

How do we motivate

people?

Motivation

Responsibilities & duties of a client’s representative

•Manage the briefing, design, construction & use of the facility

•Recognise limit of authority

•Action

•Advice

•Decisions & instructions

•Monitoring

•Liaison & coordination

Project management agreement

Project management

Why do we need a project manager?