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Make sure the service provided during the contract administration portion of a project is clearly defined in the proposal of ser ...

References should always be checked. Selection based on price should not be the determining factor; track record and reliabilit ...

A project representative of the design firm should attend regularly scheduled job meetings with the contractor to review overal ...

Provide daily field presence as may be necessary during construction Maintain a spreadsheet of project costs Interface with the ...

process may vary from firm to firm, but it is important to understand that a level of order and consistency should be maintained ...

The design professional is always aware of the basic coverages required for projects. Design professionals should always verify ...

PART 670  Manag 762 GOALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Kathy Rogers 702 MANAGING THE INTERNAL DESIGN TEAM Eric Wagner 710 MANAGING ...

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CHAPTER 672  Goals of Project Management KATHY ROGERS Copyright 2002 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms o ...

D Design professionals see themselves as good managers. To succeed, designers must manage time, staff, their needs, and clients’ ...

THE KEY COMPONENTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT Ideally, the group involved The People Ideally, the group involved in a project becomes ...

are in addition to the traditional project management responsibilities in these areas provided by the design firm. No matter wha ...

tinually monitor the progress of the project against this context, monitoring is not enough: effective project management is a p ...

OBJECTIVES COMMON TO ALL DESIGN PROJECTS The objectives The objectives of every project are as varied as the clients and design ...

The most successful project managers understand people not only as team members but as individuals. These project managers have ...

for guiding the team through the process. A project manager’s success can be measured by whether the client is happy at the end ...

Furthermore, a happy client feels that the work of the design firm is meeting the established expectations and objectives of the ...

the project manager must perform a difficult balancing act: balancing the client and project requirements with the individual re ...

manage the design team to deliver the work for those hours. Change, whether due to scope or schedule change or any number of oth ...

Understand the Client In order to complete a successful project the design team must first under- stand their clients. They must ...