Project Management: Characteristics, Role of Project Manager, Frameworks and Methodologies

This presentation provides an overview of project management, including the characteristics of a project, the role of a project manager, and the frameworks and methodologies used in project management. It focuses on the case of Essential Clothing Company and their project to develop a new website and intranet.

Project Management

Table of Content
ØIntroduction
ØA project, its characteristics and role of project manager
ØThe application of theoretical framework and methodologies
ØThe Composition and management of teams in a project environment
ØConclusion
ØReferences

Introduction
Project management is define as set of practices which are conducted by an organization in
order to meet objective and goal in particular time duration. This will include several activities
or practices such as initiating, conducting planning, execution, controlling, accomplishment of
work. Organization selected for this presentation is Essential Clothing Company, which is
situated at Uttoxeters, United Kingdom. They offer wide range of clothing, decorative and gift
items at very attractive as well as affordable price.

A project, its characteristics and role
of project manager
A project is define as activities which are conducted in order to meet specific standard of the
procedure which is adopted for developing a particular products and services. It is also consider
as collaboration of activities that include research as well as design work for gaining unique
outcome. In respect of Essential Clothing Company, the project decided by their project
manager is development of new website and intranet that will help them conducting effective
internal communication.

Cont.…
For this it is essential for respective company project manager to consider several characteristics
of project while developing their project, some of them are mentioned below:-
ØIt is necessary for Essential Clothing Company project manger to develop a unique project as
well as it should not be used again in the same way.
ØProject must cut across the lines of respective organization because it must be draw from the
skills and abilities of manager.

Cont.…
These are some major characteristics of project which is necessary for Essential Clothing
Company's project manager to consider. While this they also play several important role so that
project will be develop and accomplish in effective way, from which some are mentioned
below:-
ØThe main role of respective company project manager is to conduct planning and identifying
scope of conducting particular activity or project.
ØThey also need to conduct resources planning so that activity or project will be done in proper
manner as well as at appropriate time duration.

The application of theoretical
framework and methodologies
There are various theoretical framework and methodologies which project manager of Essential
Clothing Company can adopt for developing websites as well as intranet in effective and
successfully mode. For this frameworks and methodologies that they can adopt are given
below:-
Frameworks-
The effective frameworks which project manager of Essential Clothing Company can
adopt is PMI (Project management institute). This framework is consist of five basic elements
i.e. initiating at which project manager will identify requirement of website and intranet, then
they will conduct planning related to it so that they can start working on development process.

Cont.…
Methodologies-
Project manager of respective company may adopt Agile and waterfall model because
these are more appropriate for project which are based on internal outcome. Agile is consider as
combination of iterative as well as incremental procedure model that will focus on adaptability
of process and users satisfaction.

The Composition and management of
teams in a project environment
If a company develop a team on the basis of their project they need to consider several
composition so that they can manager team effectively. These components are based on the level
of the project such as if the project is hard it then project manager need to consider various
aspects so that project will complete impressively. In respect of Essential Clothing Company,
they are develop project related to development of website and intranet so that their internal
communication get improved.

Conclusion
By above discussed point it can be summarise that for a project manager it is essential to
understand meaning as well as characteristics of the project so that they can develop strategies
and plans accordingly. While this a project manager play number of role such as conduct
evaluation, planning, understand requirement, train employees and many more. Along with
this, there are various theories, frameworks and methodologies which can be adopted by a
company's project manager so that they can develop as well as project in effective manner such
as waterfall, Agile and Project management institute.

References
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commitment for project success. Project Management Institute.
ØBurke, R., 2013. Project management: planning and control techniques. New Jersey. USA. 26.
ØHarrison, F. and Lock, D., 2017. Advanced project management: a structured approach.
Routledge.
ØHwang, B.G. and Ng, W.J., 2013. Project management knowledge and skills for green
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