Primavera Project Management Download

Primavera Project Management Download

Primavera Project Management Download

Whether in-house, outsourced or contracted-company project managers, business executives and program managers have to be aware of the danger signs that threaten the viability of their projects. Identified here are 10 high-risk project managers to illustrate project risk management basics for project owners and project companies.

1. The Know-It-All PM

This project manager is the typical expert of everything who ignores the expert knowledge of specialists and/or any feedback loop or mechanism. Instead of asking the expert opinions of his/her project staff on specialized knowledge, the know-it-all PM is most likely to say cheerleader phrases like "Come on guys. This is easy. I can do this myself in x days. I'm sure you can."

When executives probe, he/she will immediately say "It can be done." even on things that are basically outside his/her skill sets or experience. Unfortunately, this PM's project plan is typically an air sandwich due to absent consultation with experts and specialists. Moreover, his/her project plan will usually lack a feedback mechanism or feedback loop prior to project turnover and/or post project.