PJM_PM_Staffing Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is a key goal when managing project workloads?
To maintain profit margin, project schedule, and project quality.
How do project team structures vary?
By firm size, project size, schedule, and budget.
Which organizational styles use full project teams?
Vertical and Matrix organizations.
What is the role of the Principal-in-Charge?
Leadership, client contact, and oversight with the highest billable rate.
What is the role of the Project Manager (PM)?
Manages the project from start to finish, including staffing, schedule, and budget.
What is the role of the Project Architect?
Licensed architect providing direction to designers and executing design intent.
What tasks do Designers typically handle?
Bulk of production work during DD and CD phases, and CA duties like submittals and RFIs.
Who typically has the most billable hours on a project?
Designers.
Why is PM selection critical for a project?
The PM oversees execution, and must be experienced, available, and suited to the project typology.
What are considerations for building the project team?
Project scope, schedule, fee, and team members’ rates and availability.
What is a key duty of the Project Manager?
Maintaining and apportioning the project budget.
How does project complexity affect team composition?
Simple-large: more designers; Complex-small: more architects.
Why is it important to match skill level to project needs?
To maximize efficiency and control costs relative to fee.
What happens if there aren’t enough designers to meet deadlines?
Options: add staff, work overtime, or revise the schedule.
How can working overtime affect a team?
It can damage morale, reduce productivity, and increase turnover.
What tools help PMs manage projects?
Team chart and work plan.
What is a team chart?
A visual showing hierarchy and relationships within the project team.
What is a work plan?
An internal document outlining project scope, deliverables, staffing, schedule, and profit plan.
Why is the work plan generally internal?
It contains sensitive data like fees and profit margins.
What are components of a work plan?
Project description, client requirements, deliverables, org chart, responsibility matrix, schedule, budget.
Why is the work plan a ‘living document’?
It must be updated as project info, staffing, or scope changes.
What must a PM consider when initially staffing a project?
Availability and billable rates of employees.
Why must PMs remain flexible?
Because projects rarely go exactly according to the initial plan.
