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19 – MANAGING PRODUCTION
Expert management is necessary in all phases of the project, but the biggest management challenge, as it were, is how to manage the production of the project output. Here, so many different types of priorities and problems have to be tackled, whilst keeping the project on a clear course.
The style of management needs to evolve as production goes through its stages. Managing people – whether the project team, suppliers, or stakeholders – is central to that.
Building One Worldwide Plaza in New York involved a great deal of coordination between work teams, and different styles of management to handle everyone from business tycoons to bricklayers.
Launching the production phase
19.1 – Launching production
The production phase is when the work of creating the output gets done. Learn how to launch the project proper so that work sets off in the most positive way.
You will learn:
- What is the production phase of the project.
- What happens in the production phase of the project.
- How the shape of the project changes between definition and production.
- What is a project charter.
- What is a project manual.
- How the work effort changes during the production phase of a project.
- How to get a project moving.
- How to get ready for project launch.
- How to run induction of project team members.
- How to establish good project working conditions.
Managing the production phase
19.2 – Running production
Learn the role of the project manager through production. Understand how to establish a smooth project rhythm. See how to the use the rolling wave planning technique to adapt the project plan as the works rolls on. Find out how to get the best out of meetings and why site visits are important.
The pressure to maintain positive progress was on once the production phase had started on the Pilgrim’s Quarter development in the congested heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, seen in the video titles.
You will learn:
- How to manage the production phase of the project.
- What the project manager does during the production phase.
- What the project manager does during project execution.
- How the project manager should delegate.
- What is the rhythm of the project through the production phase.
- How to increase productivity during the project production phase.
- How to run planning, monitoring and controlling of the project.
- How to continue planning throughout the project.
- What is rolling wave planning in a project.
- How to do rolling wave planning in a project.
- How to set the right pace of project work.
- How to set SMART objectives in a project.
Managing people during the production phase
19.3 – People matters
Understand how active people management during the production phase maintains progress. Learn how to avoid people problems, and deal with them if they occur.
You will learn:
- How to keep up the energy on a project.
- How to give a project team feedback.
- How to manage creative project team members.
- How to deal with bad behaviour in a project.
- How to get the best from people in a project.
- How to conduct appraisals in a project.
- How to conduct appraisals of project team members.
- Why some people underperform in a project.
- How to conduct difficult conversations in a project.
- How to release people from a project.
- How to deal with unhappy project stakeholders.
Project management decisions
19.4 – Aspects of management
The project manager has to make lots of decisions during a project. Learn how to get the chance of making the best decisions when things don’t go to plan.
You will learn:
- How to keep the project team focused.
- How to organise and run project meetings.
- How to get the most out of project meetings.
- How to manage messages in a project.
- Why site visits can be important in a project?
- How to make decisions during a project.
- How to control cash during a project.
- How to ensure efficient cash flow during a project.
- How to keep control of costs during a project.