...Case Study 2: Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth Yuvonne Edwards Professor Brett Gordon Human Resource Project Management – HRM517 November 4, 2012 Identify the common roles in a human resource project. Then, analyze these roles to typical human resource functions. There are projects of different sizes that have different ways and requirements on how the people are organized. In small project, little organization structure is needed. There might be a primary sponsor, project manager and a project team. But, for large projects, there are more people involved, and it is important that people understand what they are expected to do, and what role people are expected to fill. Common project roles that may be required for any project would be, Analyst, stakeholder, project managers, facilitator and the customer. The Analyst is responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the business clients are captured and documented correctly before a solution is developed and implemented. In some companies, the person might be called Business System Analyst. (Mochal, T.) The stakeholders are the direct beneficiaries of a project or service, and these people play positive roles in a project. One of the first steps in project management planning is the identification of stakeholders. A stakeholder is a person or group of people who can affect or be affected by a given project. Stakeholders can be individuals...
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...Phase 3 Individual Project MPM210 The purpose of this project is to help Baylor Regional Medical Center of Grapevine increase its overall revenue without laying any of their employees off. By cutting a percentage of the wages and putting a freeze on raises for one year will help the organization to move forward and expand with the community. Also with a little cooperation from each department with cutting out some of the added amenities, no jobs will have to be cut. Organizational Chart Purpose of Each Role The purpose of the role of CEO is overseer of the entire organization. Each final decision that is made has to have the approval of the CEO. Before any cuts are made the proposal has to be signed off by the CEO. The position is the most important position in an organization like a health care facility. The person with this position has to know what is going on at all times. It was the decision of the CEO to appoint a project manager to work closely with the financial manager to create a way to cut the spending and Baylor Regional Medical Center without having to lose any employees. The project manager’s role in this particular project was to first meet with the financial manager to get a sense of where the most money was being spent that could possibility be cut. After that meeting, the project manager would meet with each affected department and give them an overview of what needs to happen in the next 30 days. A report detailing what is spent a month on everything...
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...------------------------------------------------- What is a Project? Learning Objectives After completing this topic, you should be able to * recognize examples of a project * identify the characteristics of a project 1. Project characteristics Projects make up almost half of the work that most organizations do. Organizations use projects to help meet their strategic goals. In terms of strategic goals, projects may help an organization meet changes in market demands, customer requests, or organizational requirements. They may also help an organization make the most of technological advances or meet legal requirements. Select each strategic goal for examples. ------------------------------------------------- Market demands ------------------------------------------------- The goal of a project may be to respond to increases or decreases in market demands. For example, car manufacturers research and design fuel-efficient cars to meet market demands for greener products. ------------------------------------------------- Customer requests ------------------------------------------------- Projects may help organizations satisfy customer requests. A call center may use a project to upgrade its computer systems based on requests for faster response times. ------------------------------------------------- Organizational requirements ------------------------------------------------- Projects can help meet changes in organizational requirements. So a company...
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...Identify the common roles in a human resource project. Then, analyze these roles to typical human resource functions. Projects come in many different sizes depending on the requirements of the particulars needed to complete a project. There are small projects that require very little organization. Within a small project there may be a primary sponsor, project manager and a project team. Then there are larger projects, there is more involvement. There is more position involved, like project managers, facilitators to help assist the projects. There are more people involved, stakeholders and your customers. It is important that they understand what is accepted of them and what role they are expected to fill. The Project Manager plays and very important role in the beginning of the project. The project manager is the only one that has authority to manage a project. Which includes leading the plan and the development of all project deliverables? They also are responsible for managing the budget and scheduling all project management procedures. There is also the Project team, “they are full-time and part-time resources assigned to work on the deliverables of the project” (Kloppenborg, Nkomo, Fottler & Mcaffe, 2012 p. 15). This includes the analysts, designers, programmers, etc. organization is utilizing matrix management. The stakeholders are the just as important as the project manger. “The stakeholders play a positive role in the project outcome; they are direct...
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...1. Describe the findings of Project Oxygen using the functions approach, Mintzberg’s roles approach, and the approach. To begin with, there are four functions approach such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling. According to the definition of “planning” about set strategies to achieve goals or develop some plans to integrate and coordinate activities. For example, this Project Oxygen should have a clear vision and strategy for the team. They will plan a suitable strategy to achieve their goals. After that, they can accomplish their targets effectively. Then, the definition of “organizing” is arranging and structuring work to accomplish organization goals. For example the manager helps his employees with career development. The manager arranges duties to employees must give the most suitable duties to each employee. It is because the manager will see which skills or a professional specialty should employees having so that manager can also teach them others knowledge and that is help them to have different abilities to have more chance to try other job duties. These can help them to have a career development. Then, if the manager hopes that the employees should finish their duties effectively, the manager should be a good coach. When a manager to arrange the jobs to employees, he will need to tell the details of the duties to employees. Also, manager must to train them or test them so that know their job efficiency. If manager have a good strategy to teach them some...
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...C Project Management Team roles C.1 Project Board The Project Board is appointed by corporate or Programme management to provide overall direction and management of the project. The Project Board is accountable for the success of the project, and has responsibility and authority for the project within the remit (the Project Mandate) set by corporate or Programme management. The Project Board is the project’s ‘voice’ to the outside world and is responsible for any publicity or other dissemination of information about the project. C.1.1 Specific responsibilities The Project Board approves all major plans and authorises any major deviation from agreed stage plans. It is the authority which signs off the completion of each stage as well as authorises the start of the next stage. It ensures that required resources are committed and arbitrates on any conflicts within the project or negotiates a solution to any problems between the project and external bodies. In addition, it approves the appointment and responsibilities of the Project Manager and any delegation of its project assurance responsibilities. The Project Board has the following responsibilities. It is a general list and will need tailoring for a specific project. At the beginning of the project: assurance that the Project Initiation Document complies with relevant Customer standards and policies, plus any associated contract with the Supplier agreement with the Project Manager on that person’s responsibilities...
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...Management Control of Project Portfolio Uncertainty: A Managerial Role Perspective Tuomas Korhonen, Cost Management Center (CMC), Department of Industrial Management, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Teemu Laine, Cost Management Center (CMC), Department of Industrial Management, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland Miia Martinsuo, Department of Industrial Management, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland PAPERS ABSTRACT ■ This article presents empirical results on different managers’ viewpoints regarding the sources and management of project portfolio uncertainty. As a key result, this study demonstrates the versatility of uncertainties experienced by managers, the limited degree of perceived control over them, the use of an almost complete management control package in managing uncertainties, and the necessity of managers’ cooperation in the skilled use of the management control package when managing uncertainties. In addition, a further research agenda is proposed. KEYWORDS: project portfolio management; uncertainty; managerial roles; management control systems; product development INTRODUCTION ■ n their product development, large companies have adopted project portfolio management (PPM) as a means for prioritizing and selecting product development projects among various options as well as allocating resources with the value maximization, balance, and strategic alignment of the portfolio in mind (Cooper, Edgett, & Kleinschmidt...
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...Keiser University Chapter 1 * What is Project management? “Is the application of knowledge, skill, tool and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements” (Kloppenborg, T. J. 2012). Project management aids in the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in scientific or daily problems. * List four common causes of project failure. 1. Not enough resources are available for project completion 2. Project expectation are not clear 3. Not enough time has been given to the project 4. Adequate project planning is not used * What are the three common ways to classifying a project? 1. Classifying by size. 2. Classifying by timing of project scope clarity. 3. Classifying by industry * List and describe each of the managerial and associate role. * Managerial Role: 1. Project manager = “the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives” (Kloppenborg, T. J. 2012). 2. Functional Manager = Are the departments heads, in charge of how the work is going to be accomplished and can negotiated who does the work. 3. Facilitator = assist the project manager with the process of running meetings and making decisions. * Associate Roles: 1. Core team members = Does most of the planning and makes most of the project –level decisions. 2. Subject matter...
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...The role and impact of project management in erp implementation Trends and Issues Report The role and impact of project management in erp implementation Trends and Issues Report Thesis Statement and Key Words Thesis Statement The key to success in implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is to understand an ERP life cycle and methodology throughout the implementation. Systems development theory uses the concept of a lifecycle and stages in the lifecycle to indicate development of information systems. In a system development life cycle (SDLC), complex problems need to be broken up into smaller manageable problems using a systems hierarchy, or project management methodology. This paper will introduce a popular methodology called Agile and why is it so useful compared to traditional methods. In addition, the roles of the project manager in the implementation process, how does he/she manage to help the company succeed will also be discussed. Key Words Enterprise Resource Planning Project Management Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies Agile Risk management Adapt changes Overview Introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is business process management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage many back office functions related to technology, services and human resources - (Beal, 2014). ERP systems are backbones of businesses. Companies are aggressively looking for competitive advantages...
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...The Project Management Role - Superhero? or Visionary Leader? The project management role is arguably the most challenging of roles within the project team. As the project progresses through its various life cycle stages, project manager's must be able to adapt themselves to the changing demands of the project and the team. Much can be found on management theory and practice, when applied to projects; consequently everyone will has their own opinion, and will be right in their own contexts. That doesn't help you find you formulate a practical view based on experience. We have distilled our experiences, beliefs, thoughts and opinions to what we believe the project management role is and the part the project manager plays in this. First and foremost, project management is a TEAM SPORT, and in today's modern society it relies on the principal players of the team taking responsibility and accountability for those aspects of the project they have been charged with. Indeed, this ethos should be passed down to all team members irrespective of their level of involvement in the project. All Teams need a LEADER, our view is that this is THE principal role of the one commonly referred to as the 'Project Manager'. We shall however, continue to refer to the principal project management role as the Project Manager. Many organisations and project sponsors set their projects up to fail because they do not fully recognise how important the project management role is, to successfully...
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...PMO: Project management office An organisational body or entity assigned various responsibilities related to the centralised and coordinated management of those projects under its domain. The responsibilities of the PMO can range from providing project management support functions to being responsible for the direct management of a projecti PMO Services:ii . Basic support services Administrative support for project managers Collating and reporting project status to senior management Providing standards, methodologies and a set of PM tools Managing project documentation (including risk registers, schedules, incident logs etc) Promoting project management within the organisation 2. Advanced specialist Services Consultancy and advisory services Strategic and governance services Developing competencies of personnel, including training and mentoring for project managers Advising project and programme managers Evaluating project managers’ performance Recruiting, selecting and/or allocating project managers Recording, analysing and disseminating lessons learned Identifying, selecting and prioritising new projects, including involvement in benefits management and business cases, contingencies etc Allocating resources between projects and programmes Providing advice and recommendations to senior management Conducting project health checks and post-project reviews Monitoring and reviewing PMO performance and its effect on project delivery SServuces Services Services ...
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...Term Paper: Project Managers and Ethics, Leadership, and Technology Jessica Tyra Dr. Russ White CIS517 May 17, 2015 The Different Organizational Structures There are three different organizational structures in regards to project management, and each has their specific pros and cons associated with their method. A functional organizational structure is one that is best when the focus is a single product. Functional structures aren’t designed to change quickly, and they are the most common type of design. These contain various specialized units that then report to top management, or the top tier of the structure. The grouping is based on similarities. It’s the top tier’s job to make sure that each individual tier below them is able to communicate and coordinate their efforts as one unit. Clustering the individuals with similar knowledge allows specialists to grow within their fields. (Griffin, 2015, p. 1) The main goal of functional structure is to place the human and informational resources in one place to maximize performance. A great example is the structure associated with a University. They have various faculty members who only teach a specific specialty or subject. These individuals are only supposed to teach their specific subject. (Schwalbe, 2013, p. 49) There are some disadvantages to functional organizational structures, with the biggest issue having to do with communication. Communication can be difficult in the decision-making...
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... Abstract BNSF Railroad has decided to expand the work scope of the Spokane Mechanical Department. Each supervisor has the opportunity to determine what role best suits the transformation. By determining their role each supervisor must determine what leadership style would help with the role he or she has chosen. Position Paper Introduction BNSF Railroad has decided to expand the work process at the Spokane Mechanical Department. The company has tasked the supervisors to determine what role he or she will play in this organizational change. As a senior manager in the territory, the role that best suits my leadership style will be the project manager of the expansion. This role works best with a situational leadership style. This is the style used daily during my 20 year military career. Yeakey (2002) states, “FM22100 stresses that leaders must be able to adjust their leadership style to the situation as well as to the people being led.” With a facility going through a transformation...
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...Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM 2 Managing and Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM Written by Andy Murray of Outperform, Lead Author of PRINCE2 this brochure provides an overview of both Managing and Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2TM. The public consultation comprised of: • Reviewing the Issues Log • A series of workshops/focus groups facilitated by the Best Practice User Group (BPUG) • ‘Champion’ interviews of key users • A series of surveys. More than 170 organizations and individuals provided feedback as part of the consultation process. Analysis of the feedback shows a general consensus for change as follows: • Reduce the size of the manual and improve the style of language (more guidance less instruction) • Integrate with other OGC products • Show linkage to other methods and bodies of knowledge • Provide more guidance on tailoring (particularly for smaller projects) • Include (or reference) the soft aspects of Project Management (e.g. people management, change management, ‘fuzzy’ requirements). Why has PRINCE2 been refreshed? PRINCE2 is often cited as the world’s most widely used project management method. Its success is largely due to it being non-proprietary but also due to the ability of organizations to apply it to a variety of industries, environments and project sizes. Since its launch in 1996, the project management industry has not stood still. The emergence of Agile and iterative approaches to project management...
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...version) Covers the PRINCE2 Practitioner syllabus Link to PRINCE2 Foundation Self Study guide Link to PRINCE2 Practitioner Self Study guide Sample By Frank Turley, The PRINCE2 Coach MgmtPlaza – Affiliate of TAG Practitioner Level The PRINCE2® Practitioner Training Manual ii The PRINCE2® Practitioner Training Manual Thank you for reading our PRINCE2 Training Manual. The main objective of this book is to provide an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand PRINCE2® manual. The idea for this book came from the questions I received from people trying to learn PRINCE2 and after reading the official PRINCE2 manual “Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2”. The official PRINCE2 Manual for the Project Manager is an excellent reference manual but can be rather difficult to pick up and read if you are new to both project management and PRINCE2. So this book is meant to be – and is – an easy introduction to PRINCE2 and is quickly becoming the most read book for people wishing to learn about PRINCE2 and prepare for Foundation Exam and Practitioner Exam. Feedback: We welcome any feedback (suggests to improve or corrections), Feedback The Swirl logo™ is a Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce PRINCE2 ® is a Registered Trademark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries Free PRINCE2Self Study Course We offer a free full Self Study course if you but your official PRINCE2 Exam from us. Our SelfStudy course includes, Audio...
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