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A List of Project Management Job Functions

April 7, 2009 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Role of the Project Manager

A List of Project Management Job Functions
By Craig Brown

Here’s a list of fifteen basic Project Management Job Functions that can be applied in all domains:

  1. Define scope of project
  2. Identify stakeholders, decision makers, and escalation procedures
  3. Develop detailed task list (work breakdown structure)
  4. Estimate time requirements
  5. Develop initial project management flowchart
  6. Identify required resources and budget
  7. Evaluate project requirements
  8. Identify and evaluate risks
  9. Prepare contingency plan
  10. Identify interdependencies
  11. Identify and track criticla milestones
  12. Participate in project phase review
  13. Secure needed resources
  14. Manage the change control process
  15. Report project status

Reference: Building a Foundation for Tomorrow: Skills Standards for Information Technology, Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies (NCWET), Belleview, WA, 1999

Craig Brown has worked as a project manager and business analyst mainly in the Australian ITC and the banking industries. He has also worked in the law, education and welfare industries, including starting a law firm. Craig now has a Master’s degree in project management from RMIT university, and is currently working with a Melbourne based IT consulting firm called OptimiseIT. Craig’s personal blog can be found at http://www.betterprojects.net/.

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This is a nice tight list! A great place to start a conversation with senior management regarding “What project managers do for a living…”

A while back, when prepping for my book The Project Manager’s Partner, I attempted to extrapolate from PMBOK 20 Key Actions & Results. I put together an advisory team and circulated, revised, circulated, revised and generally shook these down so they would be universally useful for the following purposes:
* Define project managers’ key actions from a performance (as opposed to a knowledge [PMBOK]) perspective
* Serve as the basis of skill-based performance evaluation
* Serve as guidelines (skill targets) for a PM Basics workshop.

The list is organized according to the Key PM Processes of Initiate, Plan, Execute, Control, and Close. This way they may be applied within the context of any PM life cycle in any industry. You can check these out at:
http://www.michaelgreer.com/20-actns.htm

Best wishes!
Mike G.

Mike Greer wrote on April 7, 2009 - 3:23 pm | Visit Link

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