Strategic Management Plan - Control and Evaluation Methods for Johnson&Johnson
RUNNING HEAD: Implementation, Strategy and Timeline Page 3
Implementation, Strategy and Timeline
Vanessa Kinney
Rasmussen College
Author Note:
This assignment is being submitted on February 26, 2017, for Management Capstone B498.
What makes a good project manager?
He or she needs to possess the following skills and characteristics:
Organizational skills
Communication skills
Problem Solving skills
Leadership skills
Team building skills
Characteristics:
Love their work
Embrace challenge
Creates a clear vision
Strong team building skills with positive tone
Listens to and leads their team
Disciplined
Creates structure and aligns with company goal
Steps for managing time;
Activity definition – Figure out which task members and stakeholders are responsible for.
Activity sequencing – Identifying and documenting relations between project activities.
Activity resource estimating – Estimate how many resources a project accounts.
How long will activity take – How many work periods
Make schedule – Analyze activity sequences, activity duration estimates to create the project schedule.
Schedule control – Controlling and managing changes to the project schedule.
When estimating activities for a project take into consideration, how difficult, has the company performed a similar activity, are resources needed for the activity on hand and available. Successful project manners have to know everything there is to know about the project. Research may be necessary in order to complete the project in a timely manner and correct.
