MBAX 6440 Authority and roles & Responsibilities Project Management MBAX 6440 Authority and roles & Responsibilities

What is Responsibility?

Moral, legal or mental accountability! Responsibility Is! Moral, legal or mental accountability!

What is Authority?

Authority Is? Power to influence or command thought! How is this different than responsibility? Which do you need to be successful? Let’s identify what you need for your projects?

What is Synergy?

What is Synergy? When two or more people work together to solve a problem! What does together mean to you? Skills matrix Responsibility Matrix

What are Deliverables?

What are Deliverables? Deliverables are project output, what you must create in order to achieve your project objectives! Project charter Review case study deliverables Your project deliverables?

What is Integration Management? The most heavily tested knowledge area on the exam Includes the processes required to ensure the various elements of a project are properly coordinated Involves making trade-offs among competing objectives and alternatives in order to meet project objectives

What is Integration Management? Keys to successful integration management are: Effective change control and communications Early problem identification and resolution

Organization Structures? Functional Projectized Matrix (weak to strong) Discuss examples

PMP Integration Questions Review For project integration to be the most effective, it usually requires a focus on: The personal ambitions of team members Regular updates to the project plan Effective communications at key interface points Effective internal controls

PMP Questions Review A major disadvantage of the projectized organization structure is the following: a. Multiple boss reporting b. Redundant resources c. Deep functional expertise d. Project manager has responsibility without authority

PMP Questions Review Integration is the responsibility of the: Project team Project manager Management Stakeholders

PMP Questions Review The customer requests a change to the project which doesn’t affect the timeline and is simple to complete; what should the project manager do FIRST? Make the change Request permission to make the change from the change control committee Evaluate each of the other triple constraints Inform the sponsor of the change being made

PMP Questions Review The benefit of project management is: Executive identification of problems so customer’s needs can be addressed quickly Early identification of problems so the project manager can quickly address them Standard methodology that is used the same way on every project Early identification of problems so the customer can be notified quickly