A Day in the Life of Project Manager

A Day in the Life of a Project autobus 1. How effectively do you think Rachel worn bulge(p) her day? Project is a complex, non-routine, one clipping effort that is limited by time, bud get along, resources and performance specifications and its implemented to meet the customer requirements. The following activities performed by Rachel ar be after related a. Review project reports and prepare for the weekly stipulation get together 25 arc secondute b. Participate in the progress review conflux 45 min c. Reviewing project assignments 30 min d. Listening to police squad mates 20 min e.Discussing the problem with John 30 min f. Exploring and getting the obligatory equipments for the project 30 min g. Exchanging information well-nigh technical requirements 60 min h. Discussion with Mary (marketing film director), where she agreed to run out to her team members 40 min i. Reviewing the impact the clients requests could fool on project order of business 30 min j. Rev iewing emails and project documents 30 min A few things are ordinary daily fit that requires doing the same work repetitively. meter spent on these routine activities a. Reviewing her chronicle 15 min . Discussing the project with her boss 20 min c. update boss on the key events of the day 20 min Time spent on non-project activities a. Socializing and catching up on private news 10 min b. Getting to her office and settling in 10 min c. Project status meeting delayed 15 min d. Gossiping with Edie 30 min e. Everyone getting on conference call and checking emails 15 min f. Waiting in Marys office 10 min g. Going home 30 min Her efficiency would be calculated as- Total spend time Efficiency = Direct project related work * coke = 340/515 * 100 = 66. 02%She has an efficiency of 66. 02% on the project. She is an efficient project manager to some extent. She has spent only 23. 3% of her time on non project activities. 2. What does the case advertise you about what it is li ke to be a project manager? A project manager provides direction, coordination and integration to the project team * Solve out the problems and direct the team members for the solution. * Discuss with the team members whenever there is an depicted object and get their ideas involved in the project * Keep regular project status meetings, small discussions to coordinate and integ govern.This will provide all the team members an incursion on how the project is progressing Involved in organization planning * frank relationship with managers, team members and other individuals. * Coordinating with the boss and updating him/her on daily tasks * Maintains great integration with other managers when solving an outgrowth, e. g. integration with of age(p) marketing manager Improving the projects success rate with better leadership * Leading courageously * Influencing others * Act with resilienceManaging the overall schedule to ensure work is assigned and completed on time and indoors bud get * She has been helping Victoria on her project as it was git the projected time Project Managers have a huge certificate of indebtedness and authority over a project, it involves identifying, tracking, managing and resolving project issues * She attended a meeting in order to fix a project issue and tried to fix them * Also she found that several clients are requesting features that are not on the project, and she conveyed to her team members that she will get on this issue right away Communication skills One good example is where Rachel goes and negotiation to the purchasing agent assigned to her project on getting necessary equipments to the project site earlier than planned. * She also walks down to the marketing managers office to clarify on the problem they came up with.