P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT, PMI A PPROACH (PMP) P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY OF P ROJECT M ANAGERS Sayed Ahmed BSc. Eng. in CSc. & Eng. (BUET, Bangladesh) MSc. in CSc. (University of Manitoba, Canada) Just E.T.C for Business, Education, Technology, and Entertainment Solutions References: Book: PMP in Depth by P. Sanghera Book: The PMP Exam, How to Pass on Your First Try Project Management Lessons in Undergraduate Study

R EFERENCES & S OURCES Book: PMP in Depth by P. Sanghera Read on 2007 Book: The PMP Exam, How to Pass on Your First Try Read on 2007 Project Management Lessons in Undergraduate Study Articles from the Internet Originally created these notes back on 2007

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITIES FOR P ROJECT M ANAGERS Simply: Handle any issues directly, ethically, and legally Be open and upfront Solve issues quickly, openly, and fairly Be direct to solve an issue rather than ignoring it

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITIES FOR P ROJECT M ANAGERS Professional responsibility deals with Responsibilities to the profession Responsibilities to the customers and the public Responsibilities to the profession Compliance with all organizational rules Advancement of the profession

R ESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC Responsibilities to the customers and the public Responsibility to provide accurate and truthful information/representation to the public Maintain and satisfy the responsibilities of professional services Maintain and respect the confidentiality and sensitivity of information Conflict of interest should not affect customers badly Do not take bribes

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY A REAS Professional Responsibility can be categorized in five areas such as Integrity and professionalism Contribute to knowledgebase Improve individual competence Balance stakeholders interest Interact with Team and stakeholders

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY A REAS Integrity and professionalism shortly: Always do the right thing Comply with Laws Comply with all rules Comply with the rules of the city/state/country where the project is taking place If the project deals with any other country - it may be needed to comply with the rules of that country [before that knowing the legal rules of the other country is important] Policies Comply with organizational policies Integrity Stick with high moral principles Professionalism Processes Maintain and execute the processes required for the project PMI suggests 44 processes Following these processes reduces risk and improves time, cost, efficiency Carry out the processes required accordingly even the customers want a shortcut way.

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY A REAS Professionalism Respect show respect to others PMI strongly advocates multiculturalism and encourages to be respectful to other cultures Maintaining confidentiality of client information is also important Contribute to knowledgebase Share the experience with PMI and with other professionals in the field PMI encourages to teach, publish, write, disseminate the PMI aspect of Project Management

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY A REAS Improve individual competence PMI encourages all professionals(PMPs) in this field to improve themselves and to gain more knowledge continuously Know your professional weaknesses and try to improve them Balance Stakeholder Interests Interests of stakeholders may collide Be fair, open, direct, ethical in solving the conflicts Resolve conflicts in favor of the customer interest[benefit]

P ROFESSIONAL R ESPONSIBILITY A REAS Interact with Team and stakeholders Communication should be open Cultural differences should be respected Laziness and negligence should not be tolerated Social-Economic-Environmental-Sustainability If a project makes the society suffer, creates an environmental problem the project manager should disclose the information and should try to avoid such situations If needed the project manager should resign the project