Questions

1a. What are some key attributes of an effective project manager? Have you seen these applied in your workplace?

1b. Provide an example of a project that might fall into one of the following project categories. Justify your answer.

1. Derivative projects

2. Platform projects

3. Breakthrough projects

4. R&D projects

1c. In the assigned article by Posner (in Meredith and Mantel), Table 2 describes six Project Management skills. Pick one of these and provide an example from your own experience where this skill was either present or missing. Limit your response to 100-150 words.

1d. You are the project manager of a team of software specialists working on a project to produce a piece of application software in the field of project management. Give some examples of things that might go wrong on such a project and the sorts of trade-offs you might have to make.

1e Give an example of a project where:

The project schedule might be the most important constraint.

The project cost might be the most important constraint.