Project management starts from the time the plans, specifications and other documents for a particular scheme are received and continues until the project is satisfactorily and economically completed.
The all sections requires to achieve the following.
• A SOUND job. When all allocated funds have been spent, a completed asset is required -not a liability.
• An ECONOMICAL job. The project manager and project director are team leaders. The consulting Engineer has selected as such, relying on their knowledge and sense of
improvisation as well as their ability to co-ordinate and utilize the skills of others to produce the required asset as economically as possible.
• A SAFE job. , in keeping with legal and moral safety obligations, must resist any temptation to relax safety for what may appear to be economy.
The project director is responsible for the overall management and technical supervision of the project and he must keep his consulting Engineer informed of progress, expenditure and anything which might adversely affect the successful completion of the project.
The project manager is responsible for the detailed management of the day to day running of the job, and his task is to achieve, under the direction of the consulting engineer, the objectives set by the project director. He must keep the consulting engineer informed of progress, expenditure and any deviation from the works program.
Functions of PM
The Project manager achieves the objectives of project management through his activities in the following basic management functions: –
• Planning
• Directing
• Controlling