Instructions: PLEASE CREATE A SEPARATE THREAD FOR EACH DISCUSSION TOPIC
Discussion #1
PMBOK Chapter 3.4.1 discusses how the project manager must evolve skills and core competencies to satisfy industry’s expectation for the role project managers must assume in today’s projectized environment.
As defined by PMBOK “Competent project managers consistently apply their management knowledge and personal behaviors to increase the likelihood of delivering projects that meet stakeholders’ requirements. Competency is the demonstrated ability to perform activities within a project environment that lead to expected outcomes based on defined and accepted standards. Competency for the project manager consists of three separate dimensions:
Knowledge competence. What the project manager knows about the application of processes, tools, and techniques for project activities.
Performance competence. How the project manager applies project management knowledge to meet the project requirements.
Personal competence. How project managers behave when performing activities within the project environment, their attitudes, and core personality characteristics.”
PMBOK notes that project management is a people-oriented profession. “It is important for a project manager to possess skills that enable effective interaction with others – Personal competences describe such skills. Improvements in personal competence enhance a project manager’s ability to use knowledge and performance competence effectively on projects.”
PMBOK categorizes Personal competences into the following six units:
Communicating. Effectively exchanges timely, accurate, appropriate, and relevant information with stakeholders using suitable methods.
Leading. Guides, inspires, and motivates team members and other project stakeholders to manage and overcome issues to effectively achieve project objectives.
Managing. Effectively administers the project through deployment and use of human, financial, material, intellectual, and intangible resources.
Cognitive ability. Applies an appropriate depth of perception, discernment, and judgment to effectively direct a project in a changing and evolving environment.
Effectiveness. Produces desired results by using appropriate resources, tools, and techniques in all project management activities.
Professionalism. Conforms to ethical behavior governed by responsibility, respect, fairness, and honesty in the practice of project management.
ASSIGNMENT
Your assignment is to provide at least three (3) methods that relate to employing each of the six competencies in a project. As an example, resolve/remediate project problems and issues relates to Effectiveness.
Please enter your responses in the Discussion area and be prepared to substantiate your choices to your classmates. As is the standard protocol, all classmates are expected to comment on at least two (for the minimum grade) of the postings of your fellow classmates and to continue any ensuing discussions.
Discussion #2
PMBOK Chapter 9 discusses Creating a Resource Management Plan (one chapter in your overall Project Management Plan) which should contain processes you as project manager will use to control Team performance. Focusing on any Team member whose performance has been evaluated and determined to be below expectations, your Resource Management Plan should contain specific positive methods to elevate personal performance to meet expectation. PMI notes three main modalities to address developmental needs:
Experiential Learning
Formal Learning
Non-formal Learning
ASSIGNMENT
Please discuss (compare / contrast not merely define) each of these learning modalities and provide three (3) examples for each modality. As an example, seminars are a component of Non-formal learning. Keep in mind you are developing a remedial roadmap to alter sub-standard personnel performance so please address this overarching contextual element sending them off to college might not be the most effective first step to remediation.
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