Elements and Performance Criteria
- Supervise project team.
- Develop project plan according to organisational policies and procedures.
- Select project management tools and allocate tasks to project team in ways that make best use of team resources.
- Motivate team members to fulfil the tasks allocated to them with commitment and enthusiasm.
- Refine the project plan in consultation with team members and provide up-to-date information appropriate to their project role and responsibilities.
- Maintain team leadership by providing opportunities for team members and key people to contribute to the development of the project.
- Identify strategies for dealing with problems experienced by team members.
- Provide support to team members to allow them to achieve their objectives throughout the timeframe of the project.
- Monitor progress of the project.
- Monitor and evaluate the progress of the project against the schedule of activities and milestones identified in the project plan.
- Identify emerging risks and obstacles and their causes and take appropriate action.
- Ensure all stages of work have clear authorisation to ensure that activities begin, progress and finish according to plans.
- Control project activities and resources in line with project plan and consistent with the project's scope and definition.
- Record changes to activities, resources and plans and provide them to the necessary people.
- Involve the project sponsor in any review of the project scope and definition, or significant changes to the project plan.
- Maintain project quality.
- Consult team members and key people for their measures of the quality of the work of the project and solutions to identified problems.
- Use quality improvement methods to enhance the work of the project and introduce change in a way that minimises disruption and team harmony.
- Identify problems promptly and analyse issues for potential causes and solutions.
- Implement agreed improvements in a way that makes efficient and effective use of the resources available and maintains the support of team members and key people.
- Maintain communication with key people.
- Provide key people with timely and relevant information that is consistent with the project plan and helpful to the project achieving its goals.
- Distribute information effectively ensuring the information meets the needs of key people while maintaining agreements on confidentiality.
- Present information in styles and formats most appropriate to the needs and interests of key people.
- Seek information from key people and from sources with an interest in the project and assess it for its implications.