Professional Responsibility

Unit - 13
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Task1
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Ensure individual
integrity and
professionalism by
adhering to legal
requirements and
ethical standards in
order to protect the
community and all
stakeholders.

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A project manager must be
familiar with the laws that govern
the project in the place where the
project is being carried out.
The project manager is the one
person responsible for everything
in the project. If something goes
wrong with the project, it is the
project managers responsibility.
It is important that the project
manager have a complete and
thorough knowledge of the
stakeholders of the project and
also of the community that
surrounds and mingles with the
project.

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Task 2
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Contribute to the
project management
knowledge base by
sharing lessons learned,
best practices, research,
etc. within appropriate
communities in order to
improve the quality of
project management
services, build the
capabilities of colleagues,
and advance the
profession.

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The project manager is expected to

contribute to the improvement of
project management knowledge both
by increasing the quality and by
improving the methods and techniques
of project management.
The project manager should contribute
time and energy to help improve the
capabilities of colleagues.
Attending conferences and meetings
and contributing by the presentation of
a paper at those conferences can
improve the world of project
management.
Supporting company training programs
and helping to offer training programs
through a local chapter of a project
management association.

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Task 3
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Enhance
individual
competence by
increasing and
applying
professional
knowledge to
improve services.

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This area of professional
responsibility involves
understanding your personal
strengths and weaknesses.
You will need to have a good
knowledge of yourself and
make a plan to improve
yourself.
A project manager has the
responsibility to improve his or
her competencies.
You must also have knowledge
of methods of personal
evaluation.
A project manager should do a
self-assessment periodically
and develop a plan to reach
goals for self-improvement
and professional competence.

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Balance
stakeholders interests
by recommending
approaches that strive
for fair resolution in
order to satisfy
competing needs and
objectives.

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In the development of any project one of

the most important things that we must
do is to accomplish the scope of the
project.
We have a professional responsibility to
make sure that each of the agreed upon
stakeholders needs is met by the
completion of the project.
We must also take the responsibility of
making the stakeholder aware that there
may be better and less expensive ways of
solving the same problem than the way
that the stakeholder has suggested.
It is an important responsibility of the
project manager and the project team to
consider all reasonable alternatives as
possible solutions to project problems or
as possible ways of achieving project
goals.

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Task 5
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Interact with team and
stakeholders in a
professional and
cooperative manner by
respecting personal,
ethnic, and cultural
differences in order to
ensure a collaborative
project management
environment.

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Task 5 (cont.)
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The project manager needs to
ensure that the project team
functions without prejudice.
Today, many companies and
projects are international in
nature. Not many companies
can afford to run their
business without concern for
foreign competition and
customers.
We must be very watchful that
we consider the cultural and
ethnic differences of our
project team and our
customers as well.

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Task 5 (cont.)
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It is easy to make mistakes and appear to

be uncooperative. A responsible project
manager must be able to exercise selfcontrol in situations that involve people
with different ethnic and cultural
backgrounds.
Communications with people who speak
other languages is always going to present
problems, but if you take the time to learn
how to say good morning, please, and
thank you, you will go far in developing
good relations.
The technique of speaking louder to
someone who does not speak English is
not going to improve understanding.

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Code of Professional Conduct

It is essential that a project

management professional conduct
his or her work in an ethical and legal
manner.
Without this, team members,
customers, colleagues, employees,
and stakeholders will have no
confidence in a project managers
ability to report on progress or any
other aspect of the project.
Project managers are required to
report violations of the PMI Code of
Professional Conduct. This has the
effect of maintaining standards of
conduct.
All certified project management
professionals agree to support the
Code.

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Code of Professional Conduct (cont.)

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A project management
professional is required by the
Code to provide truthful
representation of his or her
business in any advertising or
public statements regarding cost
of services, description of
services, and expected results.
He or she has a responsibility to
satisfy the scope of the project
as agreed upon unless the
customer initiates changes.
All sensitive information must
remain confidential when it is
obtained while carrying out
professional activities.

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Code of Professional Conduct (cont.)

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The project management
professional must also ensure
that there are no conflicts of
interest that may interfere
with his or her judgment. This
includes offering or accepting
gifts for personal gain unless
they are in conformance with
the laws and customs of the
country in which they take
place.
In managing a project, a
project manager takes on the
responsibility of providing
qualified professional service.

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Code of Professional Conduct (cont.)

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No project manager should take
on a project for which he or she is
not qualified.
The project manager is required
to maintain his or her level of
professional skills to serve as
project manager for the types of
projects that are being managed.
Project managers provide
leadership to ensure that the
maximum amount of productivity
is achieved. Quality, cost, and
time objectives are to be met as
agreed upon.

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Code of Professional Conduct (cont.)

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A project manager must
ensure that the workplace is
safe, and that all people
working in the area that is
the projects responsibility
are protected from danger.
Suitable working conditions
must be maintained for the
project team and any others
in the area of the projects
activity.

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