《Week 3-PM Perspectives amp; Project Initiation》.pdf

MSIS/IT 425 Project Management Week 3. PM Perspectives and Project Initiation Prof. One-Ki (Daniel) Lee Spring 2011 MSIS Dept. College of Management University of Massachusetts Boston 2 Today Agenda  Perspectives on Project Management  Project Manager  Systems View  Understanding Organizations  Process Perspective  Project Integration Management  Project Initiation © 2010 by Thomson Course Technology. This presentation material is developed, with modifications, based on the Information Technology Project Management (6th Ed.) by Kathy Schwalbe. 3 Project Manager  The Role of the Project Manager  Planning, scheduling, coordinating, and working with people to achieve project goals 4 Project Manager  Vital Skills for Project Managers  Communication skills  Listening, persuading  Organizational skills  Planning, setting goals, analyzing  Team-building skills  Showing empathy, motivating, promoting esprit de corps  Leadership skills  Setting examples, providing vision, delegating, positive  Coping skills  Ability to adjust to change, negotiation, flexibility, creative, patient, persistent  Technology skills  Domain knowledge, experience, project knowledge 5 Project Manager  Simply Speaking…  Hard skills  Product knowledge and knowing how to use various