Important qualities of an effective project manager

Assignment Help Project Management

Reference no: EM133011839

Lab 1: Project Management Overview

1. What is a project? What makes a project unique compared to tasks people undertake in their everyday work life? Give an example of a project.

2. Melbourne Institute of Technology wants to build an online enrolment system for students to use in the coming semester 2, 2021. You are nominated to lead this project and you will be expected to be fully accountable for meeting its objectives. As a project manager you will be the leader of the project team.

What responsibilities will you be taking for ensuring the project to be completed in a timely way?

3. List and describe "soft skills" and "hard skills" needed in managing projects. Why is each skill important?

4. Explain what you think are the biggest challenges in balancing both technical and sociocultural aspects of project management? Is this something that any person can manage? Why?

5. Who is the project sponsor and why is it important to keep the project sponsor informed?

6. What do you consider to be the most important qualities of an effective project manager?

7. How does the role of the project manager compare with the role of managers who manage day-to-day operations?

8. List and describe at least four organisational culture characteristics that increase the likelihood of project success and tell why each is helpful.

9. Check out Project Management Institute's (PMI) home page at www.pmi.org.
• Review general information about PMI as well as membership information.
• Use the Search function at the PMI home page to find information on PMBOK. What are the major knowledge areas of PMBOK?

• Explore other links that PMI provides. What do these links tell you about the nature and future of the project management?

Part B:

Lab Exercises: Introduction to Microsoft Project 2016 Software
Microsoft Project 2016 is a robust project-management platform to help you to organize your business better, collaborate more effectively, and plan and track projects comprehensively

• Download and Install Microsoft Project 2016

Steps:

1. Login into the Moodle

2. Going into the "Student Software Resources" and choose the link seen as the below

3. Sign in with your MIT student email and wait for the confirmation

4. Once you have got the account, Sign in in Azure

5. Then click the software as seen the below

6. You will find the Microsoft Project 2016 as seen the below

7. Download the software, find the key, and install in your PC.

Attachment:- Project Management Overview.rar

Reference no: EM133011839

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