PJM460 MOD3 Peer Discussion Responses

Please reply to both POST1: and POST2: in at least 200 words

Initial Post:

Identify one leadership role and one leadership trait, describe each,and discuss its applicability in the Project Execution Phase, usingspecific project examples.

My Post:

Hello Class,

Role of Leadership in the Project Execution Phase

While some Project managers are born with natural leadership traits,some have to be learned to ensure their approaches fit theirpersonality. These traits are essential for a project to be completedsuccessfully. Competence is one of those traits. Competence as a projectmanager’s skill refers to the ability to execute activities within theproject environment to the recognized and expected standards (Lussier& Achua, 2015).

Of all the project phases in the life cycle, the execution phase isone of the longest, most time, and energy-consuming phases in theproject cycle phase (PMI, 2017). The project manager’s role in thisphase is overseeing activities in managing time, quality, costs,changes, and risks. Also included in these activities are in managingprocurement, customer, and stakeholder acceptance as well ascommunication (PMI, 2017). Therefore, competence mostly applies to thequality management role of a project manager in this phase. In assuringquality, auditing of the quality needs and the measurements from qualitycontrol is done. A competent PM leader ensures the audited elementsutilize the operational definitions and meet the quality standards.

To illustrate this, the project manager may develop a checklist toassess activities and compare them to the standards. This shows amanager is highly dedicated to ensuring the activities in the projectmanagement phase are in line with the overall goal of the project. Oneimportant benefit for a competent project manager in quality assuranceis risk management. Ensuring quality outcomes eliminates avoidable risksin project management.

References

Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2015). Leadership: Theory, application, & skill development. Nelson Education.

Project Management Institute [PMI]. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (Links to an external site.) (PMBOK ® Guide — 6th ed.). Newton Square, PA: PMI Publications.

POST1: (A question from the professor concerning my post; please reply)

Hi Darby,

As a PM, what would you do if your team complains that you are beingover-bearing and bossy due to your persuasiveness? What leadership roleand trait would you use to so that your team does not look at you asbeing too aggressive?

Dr. Harrison.

POST2:

Hello,class. The leadership role I would like to discuss, which definitelyfits within my current day to day professional scope, is the Monitorleadership role. The Monitor Leadership role “watches over processes,procedures, and systems to ensure they are functioning properly,inserting himself or herself as needed when dysfunction ornon-performance occurs” (Lussier & Achua, 2016). While a project isin the execution phase, monitoring performance is essential to ensuringthe project finished within the allotted span schedule, as well as, ator under budget. Performance being monitored can include all actions,processes, and procedures falling under the triple constraint umbrellaof schedule, cost, and scope. Monitoring schedule against setmilestones, as well as, understanding dependencies and variances canhelp a project finish on schedule. Monitoring all aspects of EarnedValue can help ensure the project finished at or under budget.Monitoring physical processes, quality can help ensure scope creep doesnot occur. Monitoring all aspects of a project together forms asynergized symbiotic system, driving decisions to be made from data.Successful and effective leaders and managers find themselves practicingmultiple leadership roles and traits, relative and dependent upon thesituation they are involved in. No leader or manager should base theirstyle around, nor limit themselves to, one specific leadership traits.The need to practice multiple leadership traits can be determined bymany factors, including political, regulatory, customer led,cross-collaborative, team motivating, and process-driven.

In my professional career as a leader and manager, I progressed from aTeam Lead, to a Supervisor, and now a Functional Manager. Multipleleadership roles / traits were practiced in each role, though other were/ are more prevalent, given the specific professional role. One of themost important traits, no matter the position, is it always important,as a leader, to maintain one’s humility while being empathetic.

References

Lussier, R. N., & Achua, C. F. (2016). Leadership: Theory, Application & Skill Development. Australia: Cengage Learning.

Project Management Institute [PMI]. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (Links to an external site.) (PMBOK ® Guide — 6th ed.). Newton Square, PA: PMI Publications