{"id":172,"date":"2009-05-27T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/27\/how-project-managers-are-assigned\/"},"modified":"2015-08-29T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T15:40:51","slug":"how-project-managers-are-assigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/27\/how-project-managers-are-assigned\/","title":{"rendered":"How Project Managers are assigned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FHKXh6Fis30\/Sh2CP6y6EDI\/AAAAAAAAA-o\/J94Z0WV3J78\/s1600-h\/images_strategy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340567943123701810\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FHKXh6Fis30\/Sh2CP6y6EDI\/AAAAAAAAA-o\/J94Z0WV3J78\/s200\/images_strategy.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Usually, project managers are assigned to a project from the beginning to the end. This strategy has its advantages as continuity and strenght relationships with stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are other ways to assign project managers.<\/p>\n<p>A program manager should consider assigning a more senior PM for the kick-off or initiation phase of a project to ensure a good beginning. Once the project is defined, the goals are approved and the baseline is established, you can execute the project with a more junior PM.<\/p>\n<p>To perform the transition at the start point of the execution phase is something easy if you have all the information agreed from the initiation phase (project definition, baseline&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>Close projects is too a critical stage in projects, some projects needs a more senior profile to close the project and avoid the closing phase to be exceeded for a long time (with bad economic consequences for the project). The transition in this phase to a new PM is more difficult at this phase of the project, but an additional support to the junior PM can be enough to ensure a right close of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any other strategy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, project managers are assigned to a project from the beginning to the end. This strategy has its advantages as continuity and strenght relationships with stakeholders. However, there are other ways to assign project managers. 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