Project Management Techniques

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer examines the responsibilities of managing a business project, including the required business management characteristics and skills to successfully do so. The writer examines the role of the project manager as a team member, as opposed to an individual supervisor, as part of the new and current model of the IT team. The writer relates that the effectiveness of the manager in delegating responsibility as the focal point of the manager's participation in the IT team format mark the difference between the relative success or failure of the team in achieving the goals that they were assembled by the project manager to pursue.

Outline:
Introduction
Background
Objectives
Literature Review
Findings and Analysis
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"For a project manager to perform the tasks required in a project management position, which include delegation and supervision, the newly effective IT project manager has to not only understand team members skills and abilities but have the ability to assess what members of the project team will work well together and identify potential problem areas, whether in the form of communication or skills development. The problems are identified not only for the purpose of improvement, but for the purposes of assembling teams with necessary skills and with necessary interpersonal dynamics that will motivate them."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bren. (2006) "Management hack: The sweet spot of delegation." Retrieved August 12, 2008: http://www.slackermanager.com/2006/01/management-hack-the-sweet-spot-of-delegation.html
• Rethinking Motivation. 2008:http://www.businesstown.com/people/motivation-rethink.asp
• Strategic Leadership and Decision Making. 2008: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat-ldr-dm/pt3ch10.html
• Teams and Decision Making in the Strategic environment: Ch 10 Creating and Managing Teams." http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat-ldr-dm/pt3ch10.html
• Top Five Characteristics of a Great Project Manager. 2008: http://www.syntelinc.com/syntelligence/index.aspx?id=287

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