How to be a Successful Project Manager

Abstract

The project is a one‐time complex event involving many functional organisation elements that must deliver an end item within very specific cost and schedule constraints. The project manager's responsibilities are to plan, control the organisation of manpower, control the basic technical definition of the project output, lead any people organisations assigned to the project, monitor performance, costs and efficiency, and complete the project on schedule and within costs. To do this, the manager should be committed to the plan, be inquisitive and ask the right questions, not manage by exception, insist that work be done right first time, involve manufacturing, know when to freeze and when to go ahead with the plan, and above all, be able to communicate.

Citation

Bowenkamp, R.D. and Kleiner, B.H. (1987), "How to be a Successful Project Manager", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 87 No. 3/4, pp. 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057468