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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.