ASSIGNMENT

SUBMISSION
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

Name: Sheeraz
Ahmed
Roll #:
F16CE54
(Section-B)
Question #1:
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What are the critical qualities of Project Manager/ Leader in order to have
successful project outcome

It must be addressed that these qualities vary in importance and significance from
project to project, but in general are critical to evaluate the role of Project Manager
as a central brain of the whole Project operation. A Project Manager has a
substantial and real stake in the project. Following Qualities must be taken into
consideration when selecting or probing any Project Manager or Leader in terms of
success of a project as a whole.

1. Dynamic in Nature: A Project manager with perpetual change is always

willing to accept new upcoming challenges, confront people of different
attitude in various aspects of a project, leading all elements of a project with
shear energy driven by crystal clear vision and becoming constant source of
instilling progress in a project cycle.

2. Shared Vision and Teamwork: A Project manager always holds together

his crew in every step and stride of project, inspiring all the team members
with his vision and work-ethic and is able to collect all the crew on a single
platform, such that no one feels left behind. Such a project manager brings
about a positive change and responsibility in his Team.

3. Knowledge with requisite skills: This constitutes most important criterion

for project manager as a professional apart from other qualities, since it
determines whether he is qualified enough for a particular job. Knowledge
being source element in managing apart from delegating plays a vital role in
deciding whether a leader is able to withstand the challenges in his area of
expertise. Knowledge paves a road and is basis for all the other professional
developments along with skills.

4. Timely Decision-making and Problem-solving approach: A Project

manager must be able to make right decisions on right time considering their
impact on project cycle and outcome. In addition to that, a project manager
must have problem solving capabilities to allow project to progress without
any delay. Both these qualities are paramount in avoiding the additional
costs and time-consuming project loopholes.

5. Scope, Time and Resource management: A project manager has to look

over some integrals of project management which are unavoidable, these are
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scope, time and resources of a project, and are to be dealt with as per
primary planning.

6. Justice, trust, compassion, attitude and accountability: Apart from

project elements, a project manager as a leader must keep his character intact
and be upright to a degree as per project responsibility showing integrity and
empathy and further should promote honesty and good-dealing to project
crew under his lead.

7. Level of Competence: This quality determines the manager’s ability to

excel and learn.

Question #2:
Differentiate between a Leader and a manager

A Leader is anyone who plays a role of prominent person leading by his example
and people follow his lead independent of the fact that leader requires them to.
Whereas a Manager is anyone who plays a role of central authority controlling and
maneuvering the people who work for him dependent of the fact that manager
needs them to.

A Leader guides and inspires whereas a Manager is in charge and directs and
instructs.

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