Qualities of the Excellent Project Mgr
A skill that involves the clear and effective transmission of information to all stakeholders.
What are communication skills?
A blend of functional and project structures, where authority is shared.
What is a matrix organization?
A document that generally encompasses a 15-20 year
period, and describes in very broad terms the financial aspirations of the organization.
What is the vision statement?
The process of combining all project elements into a cohesive whole.
What is project integration management?
This process involves defining and controlling what is included and what is not included in the project.
What is Scope Management?
This trait involves providing a vision for the project and a positive, supportive, and disciplined work environment so that team members may efficiently achieve project objectives.
What is leadership?
Organization where projects are the central focus, with teams built specifically for their execution.
What is the projectized organization?
This document encompasses what the organization does, its products, and the financial goals for a 3-5 year subset of the vision statement.
What is the mission statement?
Developing a document that formally initiates a project.
What is a project charter?
Uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project’s scope.
What is a scope creep?
The capacity to handle unexpected changes and adjust the project plan accordingly.
What is adaptability or flexibility?
An organization with both functional and project elements, with a strong project manager role.
What is a strong-matrix organization?
Describes those compelling features of your company's products that determine why a customer should purchase from you rather than a competitor.
What is a value proposition?
Involves making decisions about project changes and managing their implementation.
What is change control management?
A product produced as part of a project, such as hardware or software.
What is a deliverable?
Involves understanding and managing the emotions of oneself and others to enhance team performance.
What is emotional intelligence?
Similar to a strong matrix, but with more emphasis on the functional manager's role.
What is a weak-matrix organization?
Operational excellence, customer intimacy, and product leadership are three of these.
What are strategic differentiators?
A document that includes all the actions necessary to define, integrate, and coordinate a project. It defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed.
What is the project management plan?
Subdividing the major project deliverables
into smaller, more manageable components.
What is a Work Breakdown Structure?
Ability to maintain focus and motivation under pressure.
What is resilience?
What kind of fowl will you use to barter for favorable consideration by those whose help you need?
What are turkeys? (Not really)
Critical performance measures that are financially based.
What are Key Performance Indicators (KPI)?
The two primary plans used to hold the team together and allow organized activity.
What are the project charter and the project plan?
The approved project scope statement plus WBS and WBS dictionary is used to measure performance in meeting project scope goals.
What is a scope baseline?