Question

What are the reasons John Green addressing the situation of the company by planning to hire PMP certified individuals from out the company?

Answer 1

Project management, is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.

Project management processes fall into five groups:

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and Controlling
5. Closing

Project management knowledge draws on ten areas:

1. Integration
2. Scope
3. Time
4. Cost
5. Quality
6. Procurement
7. Human resources
8. Communications
9. Risk management
10. Stakeholder management

All management is concerned with these. But project management brings a unique focus shaped by the goals, resources and schedule of each project.

Benefits of project management

The main advantage of project management is that is helps you to manage your projects effectively, enabling you to resolve problems more quickly. It takes time and money to manage a project, however following good practices can help you:

• improve your chances of achieving the desired result
• gain a fresh perspective on your project, and how it fits with your business strategy
• prioritise your business’ resources and ensure their efficient use
• set the scope, schedule and budget accurately from the start
• stay on schedule and keep costs and resources to budget
• improve productivity and quality of work
• encourage consistent communications amongst staff, suppliers and clients
• satisfy the various needs of the project’s stakeholders
• mitigate risks of a project failing
• increase customer satisfaction
• gain a competitive advantage and boost your bottom line

Not having a process to manage your projects can result in lost time, wasted money, inconsistencies and poor performance.

John Green addressing the situation worst because his projects are getting failed, cannot find quality in his companies work, productivity is becoming low, target achieving become very zero with his calculations. He thought these loss is due to inefficient project management system. It would be much worst if he completely change the management team and recruit other team. Because there was no time for him to experiment his new project with new team. To achieve the target in provided time there was only one option availed with him, was to hire PMP certified individuals from out of the company to do his project as contract. They are the professionals certified in project management. He thought that would be better to get good result in closing the project in time, if PMP certified individuals are appointed and handover the existing projects to them. However, Mr. John Green's intention was the close the project at the earliest and his existing team was not capable to complete it makes him plan to hire PMP certified individuals out from the company.