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Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager

Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager. Presentation to PMI/NAC and NCMA 25 October 2007 By Jay Billings. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager. What is a Manager?. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager. What is a project?.

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Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager

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  1. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager Presentation to PMI/NAC and NCMA 25 October 2007 By Jay Billings

  2. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is a Manager? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  3. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is a project? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  4. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is a contract? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  5. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is source of authority for • Project Manager • Contract Manager Defense Systems Management Corporation

  6. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is motivation for • Project Manager? • Contract Manager? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  7. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • Should Project Manager have Contract Authority? • Should Contract Manager have Project Authority? • What about resources and responsibility? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  8. Comparison of Project Manager and Contract Manager • What is difference between qualifications for • PM • Education and Training • Experience • Temperament • Ethics • Legal Liability • CM • Education and Training • Experience • Temperament • Ethics • Legal Liability Defense Systems Management Corporation

  9. How can these two work together? • Most organizations that are sufficiently large to have some degree of labor specialization are set up either • Functionality • PM and CM are different functions • Matrix • PM draws support from matrixed functional organizations of which CM is one • Strong PM and Weak PM Defense Systems Management Corporation

  10. How can these two work together? • The function of the “organization” is to provide for the legitimate transfer of power, authority, responsibility and resources. Defense Systems Management Corporation

  11. How can these two work together? • Have you put two scorpions in a box? • Or have you harnessed two sources of power? Defense Systems Management Corporation

  12. How can these two work together? • Things that help • Timely Communication • Co-location • Trust • Shared rewards for same reasons • Team-building • Common or overlapping training • JET/DI at SMDC Defense Systems Management Corporation

  13. How they help—Timely Communication • Both PM and CM have plans • Are they coordinated? How? Who? • How are plan changes coordinated? • Things that help • Co-location • Electronic communication • Attendance and participation in planning, status and decision processes Defense Systems Management Corporation

  14. How they help—Co-location • Key decision makers should be co-located to • Have access to common information • Participate in decision making with easy input from others Defense Systems Management Corporation

  15. How they help---Trust • PM and CM must trust each other • Building trust comes from shared objectives and shared experiences • Maintaining trust comes from shared successes Defense Systems Management Corporation

  16. How they help—Shared Rewards for Similar Reasons • CM and PM may have different motivations • Reward and Incentive structure should be based on common goals and objectives • Rewards and Incentives need to be public Defense Systems Management Corporation

  17. How they help—Teambuilding • Teams are sub organizations that share • Goals • Attitudes • Work • Teams can be built and managed • JED/TI • Common training • Especially in process flow and improvement. Defense Systems Management Corporation

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