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Ideally , a project manager should be selected and assigned at which point in project life cycle?

  1. During the initiating processes
  2. During the project planning processes
  3. At the end of the concept phase of the project life cycle
  4. Prior to the beginning of the development phase of the project life cycle

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Question added by Yaqoub Alomar , Civil Engineer , Al-Zubeir municipality
Date Posted: 2015/09/21
Mohammed Asim Nehal
by Mohammed Asim Nehal , M Asim Nehal & Co , Chartered Accountants

Option1)  Right from the beginning...................... 

Michel Samir Michel Michel
by Michel Samir Michel Michel , Projects Manager , Pharaohs of 6 October

Ideally the project manager is nominated in the project charter (you can say initiating phase) but actually he is the assigned one to intiate the project.

Hitesh Kumar
by Hitesh Kumar , Senior Program Manager , Hand Enterprise Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore

During the initiation stage 

Anand Gore
by Anand Gore , Senior Project Manager , Al Turki Enterprises LLC

Prior to the beginning of the development phase of the project life cycle

Kalada Ogolo
by Kalada Ogolo , Sales Account Manager , Welltec

The Project Manager should and must be included Prior to the beginning of the development phase of the project life cycle, if percentage of project success is to be realised.

Eugenio Noe Radovan III
by Eugenio Noe Radovan III , Planning Engineer , Altorath International Engineering Consultants

The project manager should start on the initiation process since he will be fully involved in all the process to complete and close the project.  That's why companies are hiring experienced project managers who can provide insight during initiation process and provide all positive and negative risks so they can prepare contingency plan from the start.

yasser bakdash
by yasser bakdash , مدير , projects managment

- practically after sign the contract

Deleted user
by Deleted user

 

For the best results PM should be selected during project initiation phase ,which is the ideal scenario ,however in real life cases normally project sponsor and stakeholders carry out initiation phase on their own and later the PM is assigned ,which can be somewhat accepted since the PM will be involved in the planning phase and can go back to stakeholders to capture any unclear requirements to avoid scope creeps.If a PM is selected on a later stage than planning , such project will have difficulties and only few expert PMs may make it success .

 

Timur Normatov
by Timur Normatov , Business and Investment Analyst , Technoserv

Hello Yagoub Alomar,best in initiating stage, just after definition of main stakeholders: initiator and project manager. Main purpose is to detect all stakeholders, motivate them and involve in a project.The future success of all the project results is directly related to the rate of trust and team's cohesion! 

sardar mardookhy
by sardar mardookhy , Head of portfolio management department , MCI

Option1,

During the initiation phase

Mohamed Riyaz Resul
by Mohamed Riyaz Resul , Business Development Execuitve , SPARK INTERNATIONAL ENERGY

Its always better to assign a project manager during the initiating process of the project because it helps the project manager to clearly under the triple constrains of the project: Scope, Time, and Budget.

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