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Learn about the essential skills required for successful program managers, including team building, leadership, conflict resolution, technical expertise, planning, organization, entrepreneurship, administration, and resource allocation. Understand the key traits needed for project management in the modern age. Ensure project success through proficient program management skills.
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Organizational and Staffing the Project Office and Team By: WIJI NURASTUTI, MT
INTRODUCTION • Successful project management, regardless of the organizational structure, is only as good as the individuals and leaders who are managing the key functions. Project management is not a one person operation; it requires a group of individuals dedicated to the achievements of a specific goal. Project management includes: • A project manager • An assistant project manager • A project (home) office • A project team
SKILL REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM MANAGERS • The program manager must understand the culture and value system of the organization he is working with. Effective program management is directly related to proficiency in these ten skills: • Team Building Building the program team is one of the prime responsibilities of the program manager. Team building involves a whole spectrum of management skills required to identify, commit and integrate the various task groups from the traditional functional organization into a single program management system. • Leadership A prerequisite for program success is the program manager’s ability to lead the team within a relatively unstructured environment. • Conflict Resolution Conflict is fundamental to complex task management. Understanding the determinants of conflict is important to the program manager’s ability to deal with conflict effectively.
Continue……. • Technical expertise The program manager really has all the technical, administrative marketing expertise needed to direct the program single-handedly • Planning Planning skills are helpful for any undertaking; they are absolutely essential for the successful management of large complex program • Organization The program manager must be a social architect; that is he must understand how the organization works and how to work with the organization • Entrepreneurship The program manager also needs a general management perspective. For example, economic considerations affect the organization’s financial performance, but objectives often are much broader than profits.
Continue………. • Administration Administrative skills are essential. The program manager must be experienced in planning, staffing, budgeting, scheduling and other control techniques • Management support The program manager is surrounded by a myriad of organizations that either support him or control his activities. • Resource allocation A program organization has many bosses. Functional lines often shield support organizations from direct financial control by the project office
NEXT GENERATION PROJECT MANAGER • The primary skills needed to be an effective project manager in the twenty first century are: • Knowledge of the business • Risk management • Integration skills
Referensi By : Kerzner, Harold, 2003. “Project Management : a systems approach to planning, scheduling and controlling”, John Willey & Sons