Project Management Project Manager

   

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Project Managers should focus on activities that will be performed in thenear term. Why?Projects are characterized with various activities and it is important for the project managersto clearly define the activities i.e. identify and document the specific actions that need to beperformed for producing the product deliverables. So, this breakdown of the work packageinto small activities facilitates the project manager with a basis to estimate, schedule, execute,monitor and control the project. Project managers should not only be concerned towards thepresent activities, rather he or she should be futuristic in nature and should be aware of theactivities that need to be performed in the near term (Kerzner, 2013). This is because,completion of activities demands resources and times and so if the project manager isignorant towards future activities then allocation of resources might not be efficient resultingin project delays thereby resulting in project failure. Again, to focus upon near term activities,it is important that the project manager has effective planning skills. Planning is the processof defining the project accomplishments, the time of accomplishment and the ways ofaccomplishment and it is the responsibility of the project manager. Moreover, projectmanager is also responsible for defining the goals, objectives, activities and the resourcesrequired (Burke, 2013). So, if he or she fails in defining the future activities, the project planthat serves as the tactical blueprint for guiding the project team cannot be prepared therebydeviating the project from the achievement of the goals and objectives resulting in projectfailure.Moreover, it is also important on the part of the project managers to take aggressivecorrective actions for reducing the estimated costs of the activities that would be performed inthe near term in order to make plan for reducing the cost of activities that are scheduled to beperformed in the near future. The project manager would get more timely feedback in contextto the effects of the corrective actions if they are done in the near term Fleming, Q. W., &(Koppelman, 2016). However, if the corrective actions that need to be taken are postponed,the negative cost variance or cost performance index might further deteriorate. The projectmanager should keep in mind the fact that with progress of the project, less time remain in thehands of the project manager to take corrective actions.
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