Exam - 221222

Project Manager Tasks and Responsibilities

• Main tasks: coordinate, plan, execute.
• Responsibilities: changing guidelines, examining technical solutions, discussing with educational representatives, informing examiners.

Communication Plan

• Establish infrastructure for information flow.
• Minimize mistakes and frustration.
• Include target groups (internal and external).

Sustainability Aspects

• Consider economic, social, and environmental dimensions.
• Questions to consider:
  • Project scope meets stakeholder needs?
  • Cost of sustainable methods is economical?
  • Staff managed fairly?
  • Stakeholders in communication loop?
  • Regular feedback on work-life balance?
  • Cost of social indexes included in budget?
  • Design sustainable socially?

Competence Development in Project Leadership

• Address escalating problems with delays and resource clashes.

Leadership vs. Management

• Management: planning, budgeting, controlling, structuring (managing complexity).
• Leadership: directing, visioning, motivating, developing individuals (managing change).

Key Aspects of Project Leadership

• Command respect.
• Focus on people.
• Inspire trust.
• Focus on potential.
• Have long-term goals.

Portfolio Governance

• Corporate management selects and prioritizes projects.
• Link between organizational project maturity, project group competence, and project complexity.

Learning Organization

• Create environment where employers seek and share knowledge.
• Enhance competitiveness.

Single vs. Double Loop Learning

• Single loop: improving current practices.
• Double loop: questioning assumptions and enabling major changes.

Knowledge Management Aspects

• Knowledge Dimension: explicit vs. tacit.
• Knowledge Carriers: individual, collective, or organization.
• Knowledge Activity: knowledge exploitation vs. exploration.

Tacit Knowledge

• Intuitive and unarticulated; requires close interaction for transfer.
• Codification: transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge.

Mechanisms of Learning Across Projects

• Articulation: venues for idea exchange, experiments, prototypes.
• Codification: project reports, methodologies, knowledge management systems, standardized solutions.
• Institutionalization: education, competence networks, project culture.
• Internalization: apprenticeships, mentoring, job rotation.