Activity

  • Organizational skills are an important quality that a project manager must have to be able to be a good one. Properly allocating resources such as time and manpower in order to efficiently complete the project is key. Another important aspect that is important to have a successful project is to create a great schedule. However, there are moments when the set milestones cannot be met that other methods are incorporated into the schedule so that the project can be finished in a timely manner. A good manager must be able to gauge those who work under him and assign work to each member that he/she can manage and finish within the allotted time. Furthermore, when creating the schedule, the manager must account for delays so he must set dates that are far ahead of the actual date the certain portion of the project is required so that troubleshooting and other additional tasks can be performed in case of last minute problems that may arise. Additionally, the project manager must constantly check for updates before the set deadlines to make sure that the deadline can be met. I’ve encountered this problem during my Capstone II semester where delivery problems caused us to move and adjust our schedule. This pushed a lot of the other aspects of the project to be delayed. If we were able to allot time with the delay, we would’ve been able to adjust much easier.