Part IV People
Part IV explores people working on projects. We start with the basics, the project manager, the project sponsor, the project team and engaging stakeholders. There are then two chapters on leadership. We describe a new model of leadership and then consider balanced leadership. There is a chapter on motivating Generation Y to work on projects. We then describe diversity, behavioural biases and ethics.
Chapter 24: The project manager
Projects vary considerably in scale, complexity and context and so do the roles, responsibilities, and profiles of those who manage them. The primary role of the project manager is to meet goals and deliver value on behalf of the project owner and there are things that ...
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