Skills and Stakeholders in Smart City OS Project

Course Work

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 The project manager..........................................................................................................3
TASK 2 Problem solving and decision making..............................................................................5
TASK 3 The project triangle...........................................................................................................7
Task 4 – Managing Finances...........................................................................................................8
TASK 5 - Risk Management within the Project............................................................................10
TASK 6 - Conflicts and Negotiation.............................................................................................14
TASK 7 – Teamwork.....................................................................................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................19
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INTRODUCTION
The Smart City OS project is the project which is focused on the decision making and
data sharing for the whole development of the Smart City OS project.
The report will analyse the skills which project manager needs to imbibe for the Smart
City OS project. Identification of the stakeholders and stakeholders influence map will be framed
for project. Various project triangle parameters will be discussed that are to be managed for
Smart City OS project Advice is provided to project manager on what resources will be required
by project to be accomplished. Effective cost estimation technique for project will be explained.
Further risk register is made for analysis of risk for project and in this ten risks will be identified.
Six conflicts will be mentioned that may have risen during project formation and while covering
up sources and in this project manager’s actions which will be highlighted. Negotiation and
conflict management strategies will be framed for the project. How the team can be successfully
built by project manager will be analyzed and along with this, importance of diverse team for
Smart City OS project will be identified. Challenges working in diverse teams will be defined in
the team.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1 The project manager
It is necessary for manager to possess relevant skills and knowledge in order to work for
project. The skills are essential as it allows manager to perform task in effective way and achieve
goals of project. Besides that, if manager does not possess required skills to be worked in project
then it becomes difficult to manage and complete project (Gómez, 2018). Therefore, for Smart
city OS project as well there are different skills which project manager needs to develop. It will
enable manager to work in effective way within project. Thus, skills are mentioned as below :-
Communication skill – It is most essential skill that manager need to develop. In this it requires
manager to learn about what are different ways of communication that is verbal, non verbal, etc.
This skill will help manager to share info with stakeholders, staff, etc. and to prepare reports on
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basis of that. Along with that, manager will be able to interact in effective way with others and
share info easily.
Leadership skills –It is also a crucial skill that is required for project manager to develop. Here,
the manager should be able to led project in right direction. Apart from it, manager must act like
a leader and complete project in time. The skill will help to motivate team members as well.
Besides, various leadership style can be applied in order to do tasks in creative way.
Decision making skill- this skill must also be developed by manager so that he is able to take
effective decisions. It is important skill as in project there are many types of decisions to be
taken. So, manager must know how to examine problems and take decisions. In addition, project
manager must be aware of certain criteria on basis of which decision are taken (Gray, and
Ulbrich,, 2017). With this skill it will be easy for manager to take effective decisions within
project.
Problem solving skills – this is also important skill that needs to be developed. There can occurs
various types of problems during project. Thus, it requires project manager to solve those
problems in effective way. If problem are not solved then it may impact on project progress in
negative way. So, manager must be capable enough to find root cause of problem, examine it and
then solve it. This skill enables project manager to solve issues quickly.
Management skills – the Smart city OS project must be managed and organized in proper way.
For that it requires project manager to develop management skill. By that it will be easy to
manage all activities and tasks within project.
There is need to take relevant and proper actions to develop skills because without taking
actions skills can not be developed.In order to developed these skills there are various ways by
which the project manager can opt for. In this first of all the manager can attend training sessions
and seminars that are based on developing these skills (Meredith, andZwikael, 2020).
Moreover, the manager can develop a PDP through which these skills can be developed. The
PDP provide a framework by which in systematic way skills are developed. In addition to it,
manager can watch videos, read books, solve case studies, etc. to develop skills. These all
provide several ways and techniques that manager can adopt to develop skills.Furthermore,
project manager can also take suggestions from expert, relatives, etc. to develop skills. By that it
will be easy to gain knowledge about these skills and also how it can be developed.
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