In college, we were taught of Project Management and we do scheduling manually. Until next year, I learned from my previous work the use of Primavera Project Planner for better management of manpower, time, equipment and other things needed and managed for the construction. I was only given the software and told to study the basics, and now, I’m reviewing as part of my preparation.
To make it less boring, I’m making my reviewer here:
Planning a project is fun: working out who does what, when, where,
and with whom. The crucial part of successful project management,
however, is the actions you take after the plan is created.
Planning the project means thinking about and documenting what
needs to be done—defining and coordinating specific activities and
work tasks, preparing work schedules, assigning and allocating
resources to competing activities, and developing an acceptable
budget.
Controlling the project means staying on course—measuring
performance, suggesting corrective action when needed, evaluating
options, and devising workarounds. You inform the team about
progress and advise them where their performance needs
improvement. Then they make the improvements.
Managing means communicating as accurately as possible with the
project team, the client, and your own management about what has
happened, what may happen, what you will do about it, and what
cannot be changed. You motivate the team to do its best. You help
the team get support—resources—by presenting accurate and
timely information to the right people.
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