Project Management

This week, I chose to write about Project Management because it is a profession that I may enter one day. Project Management is composed of many different things including scheduling activities and developing teams as well assigning tasks. According to Lee & Owens, scheduling a project means documenting general project information, including the projects purpose, it's desired outcome and any constraints. You also must list any project deliverable, as well as schedule activities so that all team members know their responsibilities. In defining roles and responsibilities for team members, you must list the roles of each team member, as well as list the tasks that will be needed during all phases of the project. Once you have the people, and the roles are defined, you can then assign those roles their respective responsibilities. One great tool for managing a poject is Microsoft Project 2007. Using this program in my TSTM 560 class has taught me a great deal about how to manage a project effectively.