What skills do project managers need now that they did not need in the past? What skills do you think project managers will need in the next 50 years that they do not have now? Provide a rationale for your answers.
Project team members take direction from both project managers as well as functional managers. In your view, how do project managers and team members deal with potentially conflicting direction? How would project managers resolve such conflicts?
Q1) what do you believe are critical functions the project office should perform?
Q2) Discuss the following considerations in the selection of a project manager, and why failing to evaluate these considerations may result in the selection of the wrong project manager:
a) Maturity
b) Use of tactics
c) Availability
d) Technical expertise
e) Customer orientation
f) Exposure within and outside of the company
Q3) describe approaches and techniques for developing and training project managers.
Q4) what ethical issues are common during the selection of project personnel?
Q5) which project organizational forms best encourage peer-to-peer communications and problem-solving? Why?