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Role of Individual Personnel in Project Management

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THE PROJECT MANAGER–LINE MANAGER INTERFACE As per knowledge, we know that the Project Manager is the personnel who control the project concerning all factors like money, manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and information & technology.  Actually, the project manager does not control any of these resources directly, except perhaps money (i.e., the project budget). Resources are controlled by the line managers, functional managers , or, as they are often called, resources managers . Project managers must, therefore, negotiate with line managers for all project resources. When we say that project managers control project resources, we really mean that they control those resources (which are temporarily loaned to them) through line managers. Most project managers today have an understanding of technology rather than a command of technology. As a result, the accountability for the success of the project is now viewed as shared accountability between the project manager and ...

What is Project Management?

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Project management can mean different things to different people. Quite often, people misunderstand the concept because they have ongoing projects within their company and feel that they are using project management to control these activities. In such a case, the following might be considered an appropriate definition: Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact, it was dumb luck. Although this might be the way that some companies are running their projects, this is not project management.  Project management is designed to make better use of existing resources by getting work to flow horizontally as well as vertically within the company . The following would be an overview definition of project management: Project management is the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resources for a relatively short-term objective that has been established to complete spec...

Project Engineering & Management

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Why Project Engineering & Management is necessary? As per the current situation, in the world of competition, engineering skill is not enough to stand out among engineers. To be a perfect engineer you have to learn skills like planning, managing, leadership, and many more.  To get the idea of that skill and attributes, Project Engineering & Management is necessary. This teaches us how to plan a project, how to start it, how to execute, how to control, and how to complete it with the desired output. What is Project? A project can be considered to be any series of activities and tasks that: Have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications Have defined start and end dates Have funding limits (if applicable) Consume human and nonhuman resources (i.e., money, people, equipment) Are multifunctional (i.e., cut across several functional lines)  Project Management Project management contains five major process groups: Project initiation  Project pla...