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Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Tenth Edition
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Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Tenth Edition

by Harold Kerzner
March 2009
Intermediate to advanced
1120 pages
32h 59m
English
Wiley
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Organizing and Staffing the Project Office and Team

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4.0 INTRODUCTION

PMBOK® Guide, 4th Edition

Chapter 9 Human Resource Management

Successful project management, regardless of the organizational structure, is only as good as the individuals and leaders who are managing the key functions. Project management is not a one-person operation; it requires a group of individuals dedicated to the achievement of a specific goal. Project management includes:

  • A project manager
  • An assistant project manager
  • A project (home) office
  • A project team

Generally, project office personnel are assigned full-time to the project and work out of the project office, whereas the project team members work out of the functional units and may spend only a small percentage of their time on the project. Normally, project office personnel report directly to the project manager, but they may still be solid to their line function just for administrative control. A project office usually is not required on small projects, and sometimes the project can be accomplished by just one person who may fill all of the project office positions.

Before the staffing function begins, five basic questions are usually considered:

  • What are the requirements for an individual to become a successful project manager?
  • Who should be ...
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