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What is your top 10 priorities as a Project Manager?

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Question added by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society
Date Posted: 2014/10/11
Umer Saeed
by Umer Saeed , Security Consultation and Vulnerability Assessment , Entrepreneur

1. Requirements Definition/Clarification. Crystal clear definition and agreement of Deliverables.

2. Stakeholder Definition e.g. Project Manager and Team, UAT Acceptance, Resource Provision, Budget and Approvals, Variations, Designated Communicator

3. RACI on All Stake holders, If possible, detailed Roles and Responsibilities

4. Financial Constraints clarification

5. Time Constraints clarification, Phase definition

6. Project Plan and Project Management Plan, Resource Plan

7. Work Package assignment mechanism and reporting

8. Procurement and Long Lead limitations

9. Communication Plan, RACI

10. Closer roles and responsibilities, Expectation management throughout the course

 

Comments more than welcome.

Baneshwar Pai
by Baneshwar Pai , Senior Mechanical Engineer , M/s KEO International Consultant

The top10 qualities are:

1) Interpersonal Skill

2) Techno-commercial abilities

3) Ethics

4) Ability to develop and manage the team.3 M's are important and driving factor for success of project. Manpower, Material and Money.

5) Ability to make realistic plan in line with stakeholders expectations and project requirement. Further more, keeping track and on record of every event for preventive and corrective action

6) Implementation of Communication Management plan

7)3 E's -- Environment at site, Education of the team members and Experience of the leader makes the teams attitude positive towards the project and hence achieve the strategic goal

8) Conflict management skill

9) Be Fearless: You must be willing to take risks and stick your neck out there. Build a team you trust, and drive toward the sun. Mistakes occur in every situation, in every environment, and under the leadership of everyone on the planet. Learn from those mistakes and move on.

10) Be Accountable, clear, compassionate, humble, passionate and the list goes on......

 

Nemani Kumar
by Nemani Kumar , Sr. Management GM Projects , Unitech

In accordance to me every activity is priority for PM if you miss one activity the next day will be add on on your table to attend Activity= n+1 and so on .......however if you can list10activities the sequence can be given by me where the priority word will be justified..........!

or if re-revise your question is about  "what are best/ top10 qualities must have a PM" you mean pl. confirm?

BR

Nemani

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Successfully initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, closing on time, within budget and quality, according to planning schedule, contracts and efficiently.

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