What is project management? Goals, roles, jobs

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What is project management? Goals, roles, jobs

What's the project?

A project is a work or activity that is carried out to achieve a specific outcome within a set period of time. Projects often have clear goals, specific scope of work, resources, and a predetermined implementation roadmap. Projects can be in various fields, from information technology, construction, scientific research, business, education, etc.

Projects can be small or large, need coordination among multiple members, depending on cooperation and effective management. To be successful, projects are often divided into different phases such as planning, implementation, testing and evaluation.

What is project management?

Project Management (Project Management) is the process of applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to perform activities within a project, to meet the requirements, achieve goals within time, cost, and resource constraints.

Project management includes activities such as project goal determination, planning, resource allocation, progress monitoring, risk management, quality monitoring and interaction with stakeholders. Project management generally follows standard project management concepts and methods. Project managers also use support tools such as Gantt charts, PERT charts, and project management software to help manage and track progress.

What is Project Management?

Project Management Committee (PMO) is a group of people who are set up to support project management in an organization. The PMO can be structured in a variety of ways, depending on the size, complexity and specific requirements of the organization. Can be organized by function, project or geographical area.

Regardless of how it is structured, the Project Management Board should be led by a project manager with extensive experience and expertise. The project manager is responsible for ensuring that the project management board operates efficiently and meets the needs of the organization.

Roles of Project Management

Project management is a cycle that occurs continuously and throughout the project's life cycle. It played a crucial role in the project's success. In this process, managers play an important role in:

Reach one's stated goal

Project managers can help achieve their goals by using skills and knowledge to ensure that projects are carried out on schedule, budget, and quality. They do this by identifying and managing project resources, planning and monitoring project progress, risk management, issues arising, and communicating and cooperating with stakeholders

Coordination and allocation of project resources

In some projects, the right use of resources is an important aspect, requiring correct coordination and allocation. Projects often use a lot of resources from enterprises and sometimes need to mobilize resources from other market relationships. To ensure efficiency, project resources should be allocated appropriately and appropriately for each specific job and stage.

The project manager is responsible for allocating project resources in a reasonable and purposeful manner. Ensure that each work and phase in the project receives enough resources to complete the task without wasting it.

Proper implementation of the project

The project manager makes an important contribution in helping the project be implemented on schedule. They have an active role in planning, managing and coordinating project activities to ensure that progress is kept. By making detailed planning, assignment of clear, reasonable tasks, timely resolution of problems, and regular monitoring, managers can ensure that projects are carried out on schedule, avoiding the loss of money and effort of the business team.

Troubleshooting Project Issues

One of the main roles of project managers is to address problems and problems that occur during project implementation. Often, project managers are trained and equipped with the skills necessary to identify, evaluate and resolve problems.

By identifying problems early on before they become serious, through close monitoring of project progress, regular communication with stakeholders, and regular quality inspections. Project managers can quickly find possible solutions to problems. The solution should be effective, inexpensive, and can be implemented within the time and scope of the project.

Report project progress to stakeholders

The project manager is responsible for monitoring progress and ensuring that the project is on track to achieve the stated goals. Project progress reports are a way for project managers to share information with stakeholders about project status and receive feedback and feedback from them.

Project progress reports can be presented in various forms, such as tables, graphs, and text.

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Description of project management work in several areas

Construction industry

The project manager in building is the project who is responsible for planning, organization, monitoring and coordination of the projection of the first phase until completion.The work of building project manager includes following tasks:

Preparation stage

  • Status survey and survey report preparation
  • Master plan for the project
  • Detailed planning for each work item
  • Establishes project cost estimates
  • Search and select contractors
  • Negotiate and conclude a contract with the contractor

Construction stage

  • Supervise the contractor's construction process
  • Quality inspection of materials, equipment and construction
  • Solve problems arising during construction
  • Update of construction progress

The finishing stage

  • Inspection and inspection of works
  • Hand over the works to the investor
  • Warranty work

Information technology industry

The work of project management may vary depending on the size and scope of the project. However, some of the common tasks that project managers in the information technology field often do include:

  • Identify project objectives, scope and requirements. Planning the time, resources, technical and budget required for the project
  • Monitor progress, manage risk and make necessary adjustments to ensure smooth progress of the project
  • Interaction with customers and stakeholders to understand and analyze their requirements. Identify system/application functions, features and technical requirements
  • Resource allocation and management such as people, equipment and budget for the project
  • Assignment of tasks, monitoring work progress and creating an active working environment to achieve project objectives
  • Identification and evaluation of possible risks in the project. Develop risk response plans and implement limited measures to minimize their impact.
  • Coordination with stakeholders in the project and notification of project progress, issues and results
  • Establish quality standards, perform tests and ensure that these standards are complied with

Marketing

The project manager's work in Marketing may include:

  • Define project goals, including measurement targets and action plans to achieve that goal
  • Develop detailed plans for marketing projects, including work schedules, resource allocation, budgeting, etc.
  • Monitor work progress and interact with stakeholders to ensure project is carried out on time and achieve expected results
  • Allocate resources for marketing projects, use them effectively and comply with project budgets
  • Risk assessment and control, establishment of controls to minimize their impact
  • Maintain close contact with stakeholders, inform project progress, report results to stakeholders, ensure everyone is working together in the same direction
  • Evaluate and learn lessons from the project, review the results, compare with the original goals and propose improvements for future projects.

Finance - Banking Industry

Currently, banks are putting their efforts into attracting customers through attractive strategies and projects. As a result, project management in the financial and banking sectors has very good development potential.

Some of the main tasks of Finance and Banking project management:

  • Understanding and updating information on legal policies, social issues and new trends in the banking sector
  • Research and analyze customer needs and psychology to propose strategies and plans to attract customers effectively
  • Proposing and supervising the activities of employees and related departments to ensure that the project is carried out in accordance with the proposed plan

Project management in the finance and banking sector has its own characteristics, which require challenges and complexity, especially for large projects. To succeed in this industry, project managers need extensive knowledge, skills and rich practical experience. At the same time, they also need to constantly improve new knowledge and skills.

 

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