Question

List and describe any five activities performed by the project manager during project planning.

Answer 1

1. Activity and Resource Planning - The project manager needs to decipher the activities that are required and mandatory during the project execution phase and that should be supported with proper resource planning that will ensure that the phases of the project are executed and planned properly.

2. Organizing and motivating a team - The team needs to be organized so that the project tasks and deliverables are as per the project requirement and for the team to perform well the manager need to motivate the team because motivation is something that a team may require during the middle of the project and it is the duty of the manager to handle such situations.

3. Cost estimation of the project - Each and every project has to have a maximum budget and the manager needs to make the budget as such that the organization incurs the maximum amount of profit from the project because that is the primary objective, hence the estimation and standardization of cost is mandatory.

4. Analyzing the risks - Each and every project possess some risks that may be an impediment and hence the manager needs to communicate and make the related teams aware about the same so that the risk does not turn out to be a huge loss for the organization.

5. Ensuring Customer Satisfaction - The manager needs to plan accordingly so that the project is able to make the stakeholders satisfies and primarily the customers satisfied so that there is no issue for the same and the primary objective is served.