101 Project Manager Effectiveness

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PROJECT PROJECT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESSEFFECTIVENESS

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RESEARCH MODEL

(Process model productivity on site)

• Organisational Factors

• Contract management

• Finance

• Etc

PROJECT WORK ENVIRONMENT

Pre-construction Activities (1) D1. Client brief D2. Project objectives D3. Specification D4. Design/build-ability D5. Contractual arrangement D6. Planning D7. Scheduling D8. Estimating

Site/Project Manager (2) Characteristics D9. Experience/capability D10. Leadership style D11. Authority/influence D12. Goal commitment D13. Involvement

Labour (6) Characteristics D39. Subcontracting

Labour D40. Direct labour

Management (3) Factors D14. Clarity of tasks D15. Team work D16. The style of management D17. Safety management

Management (4) System D18. Planning D19. Communication D20. Controlling D21. Co-ordinating

Resource (5) Management D22. Labour selection D23. Labour control D24. Material selection D25. Material handling D26. Plant D27. D31. Waste on site D32. D38. Delay and Disruption on site

Motivating Factors (7) D41-D46 Hygiene Factors D47-D55

P R O D U C T I V I T Y

Project Performance • Time • Cost • Quality • Safety

Job Satisfaction

Effort Rewards

Ability and Skill of worker

PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS


PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS PROJECT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS

The project management’s effectiveness is about having the power to produce good results.

It is about the management team effectively fulfilling their responsibilities to bring the project to a successful completion.


Management effectiveness is influenced by several factors such as:

Education Training Experience Belonging to a relevant professional

body They all help project Managers to

develop their knowledge and skill.


the project Manager’s familiarity with their working environment and team members.

This determines a project manager’s approach in dealing with the activities on site.

the project manager’s managerial behaviour is also influenced by company rules and regulations.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS There is a strong positive

relationship and association between:

the style of management and its effectiveness. The most effective managers tend to

be high in both task and employee orientation.


In other words, a manager that has an equal interest in both:

1. the technical2. and human aspects of the project

is an effective project manager.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS Experience has shown that if a good

project management team run the site. At the same time the design complexity is

relatively constant. Design changes are kept to a minimum As a result the daily (unit) productivity will

remain constant.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS The poor performance and high variability

on site are related to one another.Poorly performing projects often experienceone or more of factors such as: disruption site congestion sequencing (events following each other in

a successive way) lack of availability of material


Also, Poor site management Poor worker’s skills Low motivation quality of engineering work environment


The effectiveness of the site manager

depended on several factors, namely: personal factors manager’s age experience qualification

PROJECT MANAGEMENT-SUCCESS FACTORS style of management membership of professional body etc.

job related variables such as: salary job satisfaction job security

all of which may influence the site

manager’s motivation.


project variables are defined as: building type project size and duration construction methods and complexity of

the project

organisational variables such as: the size of the company site engineers’ level of authority


Identification of key success factors Main factors critical to the success of a

project are:

1. Communication throughout the project

2. Clear objectives and scope

3. Breaking the project into different parts

4. Using the project plan as working documents


Communication throughout the project Plays a vital role in influencing those

immediately involved. Those across the organization It is often neglected Understanding benefit and limitation of

each method.


During a change the effect of communication becomes more apparent.

These range from insuring when change starts.

What are the effect of change on project life cycle?

It helps management to eliminate waste. Motivate workforce to agree with the

change.


The successful communication needs to be focused rather than broad-brush.

Timing is most important Good communication can reduce non-

productive effort It can help to avoid disruption It eliminates mistakes It can help to manage uncertainty


It might help to mange uncertainty better It may generate new ideas It will encourage team work It will increase productivity It will encourage team work It will help to meet KPI’s


Clear objectives and scope Are guiding principles that direct the

efforts of project team Without a well-defined scope, the project

objectives may become unclear to participants and they may start to loss the site of what they are trying to achieve

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101 Project Manager Effectiveness