Project Management

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Project Management
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Table of Contents
Assignment 1...................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Identification of the leadership skills...........................................................................................3
Selection of Models and Justification..........................................................................................4
Linking of the team roles.............................................................................................................6
Recording of allocations of Team Roles.....................................................................................8
Task 2.............................................................................................................................................10
Development of an appropriate project leadership system........................................................10
Criterion included in the leadership Ranking system................................................................12
Relevance to project leadership theory......................................................................................14
Description of the project leadership theory..............................................................................15
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16
References......................................................................................................................................18

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Assignment 1
Task 1
Identification of the leadership skills
According to, DuBois et al. (2015) Project Management leadership is one of the most
important project management techniques that enable the project manager to lead and manage
the project team, stakeholders, project members and other participants involved in the following
project. The project management leadership is one of the processes by which the manager of the
project can guide, direct as well as influence the behavior and work of the team towards the
accomplishment of the objectives of the project (Burke & Barron, 2007). It is thus essential for
the management to understand the different kinds of the characteristics and the features of the
project management leadership to ensure the success of the project.
Successful project managers can be termed as the managers who practice both the strong
managerial skills as well as effective leadership skills. The skills that are required to be
successful managers are quite different from the skills that are needed to be a successful leader.
The skills required to be a management expert are gained by means of a experience and practice.
On the other hand, the leadership skills can be experienced from the development of the leaders
(DuBois et al. 2015).
The effective leaders develop new leadership styles by means of complementing the ones
who have made the organization successful as the managers. The project managers thus must
need a proper and effective mixture of leadership qualities in order to ensure the success of the
project (Verzuh, 2015). The project success rates totally depend on the proper and effective

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execution of the projects. It is very much important for the project managers to ensure the
flawless implementation of the project management methodologies and the application of team
collaboration tools and techniques. The success of the programs and the projects of the
organization will need the project managers to be effective leaders. On the other hand, Binder
(2016) states that the understanding of the difference in between the project management and the
leadership and then taking the way followed by the effective leaders and project managers. The
successful project managers can utilize their innovative and creative skills to make the project
attain its actual objectives (Burke & Barron, 2007). Some of the major differences in between
the leaders and managers are as follows;
a. Leaders seek challenges whereas the managers are most likely to maintain the status quo
b. The leaders have a distant vision and thus think long term whereas the managers have a
short vision.
c. The managers have the power to control and manage the project whereas the leaders
motivate and leads people for achieving the aims of the project
d. Leaders general have a wide circle of influence whereas the managers have a limited
influence
Selection of Models and Justification
The selection of models for the project management is one of the most important areas of
the project management leadership. Leadership in project management does not mean to be ruled
by a particular person (Binder, 2016). Rather it identifies the weaker amongst the team and
provides the extra support to them in order to make them at par with the skill level of the others
in the team. It is important to apply the right leadership model as the application of such
leadership model can ensure simple and well organized process of execution of a project.