Each project manager may have one or more project leaders reporting to him. A project leader is someone who leads and manages a small team and ensures that all pieces of work assigned to his team is delivered on time and in quality. He may provide suggestions on the overall project goals but his role or authority is restricted to the chunks of work he is assigned by the project manager. The project manager in turn has multiple leads reporting to him and has to ensure that the work packets delivered by the individual teams are integrated and delivered as one project to the customers.
Project Monitoring is an activity that happens when the Project is in Execution Phase. When people are working on the project tasks, the Manager monitors their work and ensures that the work progresses as planned
Usually it is either the Program Manager or the PMO
An IT Consultant is a specialist who you bring into a project for his technical expertise usually as a programmer or a technical architect. Whereas, a Project Manager is the person who plans, supervises and manages the whole project work.
A Project Manager manages the work taken up by a single project whereas the Line Manager will be managing the work taken up by a line of projects. Usually projects in organizations are aligned based on the line of business, catered to, by the project. Hence, they will have a Line Manager who manages all those projects The Line manager will interact/liase with the Project Managers who manage the projects that fall in his line.
The Project Manager is responsible for delivering the Project. S/he is the person leading and managing the Project team.
Each project manager may have one or more project leaders reporting to him. A project leader is someone who leads and manages a small team and ensures that all pieces of work assigned to his team is delivered on time and in quality. He may provide suggestions on the overall project goals but his role or authority is restricted to the chunks of work he is assigned by the project manager. The project manager in turn has multiple leads reporting to him and has to ensure that the work packets delivered by the individual teams are integrated and delivered as one project to the customers.
Because a manager who was present when the project was initiated & planned will have a better understanding of the project and everything related to it. If a new manager comes part way, he has to depend on the documents created or the transition provided by the old manager for all details. There can never be a 100% coverage in terms of transition or knowledge and hence the new manager will have to work twice as hard as the guy who started the project. Moreover, team members will take some time to warm-up to the new manager and it can be difficult for him to handle the project efficiently.
Project Monitoring is an activity that happens when the Project is in Execution Phase. When people are working on the project tasks, the Manager monitors their work and ensures that the work progresses as planned
Usually it is either the Program Manager or the PMO
An IT Consultant is a specialist who you bring into a project for his technical expertise usually as a programmer or a technical architect. Whereas, a Project Manager is the person who plans, supervises and manages the whole project work.
A Project Manager manages the work taken up by a single project whereas the Line Manager will be managing the work taken up by a line of projects. Usually projects in organizations are aligned based on the line of business, catered to, by the project. Hence, they will have a Line Manager who manages all those projects The Line manager will interact/liase with the Project Managers who manage the projects that fall in his line.
Well, you might be surprised to know that a project manager has no formal authority whatsoever. In fact, in most organizations, the authority (or power, whatever you want to call it) still lies in the hands of the line/functional manager who often abuses it. The project manager, unless working in a projectized organization does not own the resources and does not have any authority (power) over the resources. A lot of conflicts between the line manager and the project manager arise because of this situation (imagine trying to get people to do some work over whom you have no authority whatsoever). Smart project managers, in this situation, try to earn some informal authority over the resources. Sunil Pal
To effectively work in a project structure, a manager would have to be a team player. He or she would also have to be an excellent team leader, as well as being organized and efficient.
"The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time" by Jeff Sutherland "The Project Management Book: How to Manage Your Projects Successfully" by Richard Newton "Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager" by Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood
WBS and project networks are linked because project networks are developed from the WBS. Work packages from the WBS are used to build the activities found in the project network. Integration of the WBS and project network is crucial to effective project management. The project manager must be careful to guarantee continuity by having some people who defined the WBS and work packages developed the network activities.
The job (role) of a project manager is extremely challenging and thereby exciting. Depending on the organizational structure of your organization, you may be reporting to a functional manager, a program manager, a portfolio manager, or to some other manager or executive. Nevertheless, it is your responsibility to work with your team and other relevant individuals and groups, such as program managers and portfolio managers, to bring all the pieces together and make the project happen i.e., to achieve the project objectives. To do this, you need a range of skills and capabilities. They are: 1. Communication 2. Negotiation 3. Problem Solving 4. Influencing 5. Leadership