Saturday, October 24, 2009
Nui - 3rd blog
1. What I learn from the project
Project Stakeholder Analysis
This week I would like to analyze what I have seen from our project team member, Thang is my case now. We have learnt from the 1st day class about project stakeholder analysis, we have to analyze who is our beneficiaries, negative beneficiaries, implementers, decision makers and financiers of our project.
Then we need to determine who has key information, who has interest in the project, who has influence over the project, who will be impacted by the project execution and who will be impacted by the asset’s operation.
So what I saw and analyze from this case is that
His situation is that he has assigned to take care 3 important projects in his job and he also dedicates to be the question project manager in AACE 2009 Certification program. He knows this is will be very much overload for him during next 6 months. He has to make the tough decision on this!
From my stakeholder analysis, Viettel’s customers and his boss are the negative beneficiaries of AACE project. And they are very much impacted by the project execution because this course will require 10 hours/week during next 6 months, at this moment he has to concentrate (more priority) on Viettel’s projects. Vitettel’s customers and his boss would expect him to lead the project to achieve the goal within time plan and budget. Because it is important to customer of launching new technology, 3G, in their commercial network and in the same time the company also get 3G reference network base in Vietnam which will be competitive advantage to business.
Secondly, as he is question project manager, project team members are the implementers who serve his project to be successful. Project team member, we have the key information, interest and influence over his question project. Project team member also expect him to lead question project to achieve goal within time plan and budget.
From above analysis, If I were him, I also decide to refuse on paper and mapping project and postpone the exam. In order to reduce some workload but still commit to question project and Viettel projects.
I understand him, Life must go on but we should manage it.
2. Apply what I learn to the job
Unethical Behavior in the Workplace
Reference from http://www.gooddigg.com/ENGLISH/unethical-behavior-in-the-workplace/
Project Stakeholder Analysis
This week I would like to analyze what I have seen from our project team member, Thang is my case now. We have learnt from the 1st day class about project stakeholder analysis, we have to analyze who is our beneficiaries, negative beneficiaries, implementers, decision makers and financiers of our project.
Then we need to determine who has key information, who has interest in the project, who has influence over the project, who will be impacted by the project execution and who will be impacted by the asset’s operation.
So what I saw and analyze from this case is that
His situation is that he has assigned to take care 3 important projects in his job and he also dedicates to be the question project manager in AACE 2009 Certification program. He knows this is will be very much overload for him during next 6 months. He has to make the tough decision on this!
From my stakeholder analysis, Viettel’s customers and his boss are the negative beneficiaries of AACE project. And they are very much impacted by the project execution because this course will require 10 hours/week during next 6 months, at this moment he has to concentrate (more priority) on Viettel’s projects. Vitettel’s customers and his boss would expect him to lead the project to achieve the goal within time plan and budget. Because it is important to customer of launching new technology, 3G, in their commercial network and in the same time the company also get 3G reference network base in Vietnam which will be competitive advantage to business.
Secondly, as he is question project manager, project team members are the implementers who serve his project to be successful. Project team member, we have the key information, interest and influence over his question project. Project team member also expect him to lead question project to achieve goal within time plan and budget.
From above analysis, If I were him, I also decide to refuse on paper and mapping project and postpone the exam. In order to reduce some workload but still commit to question project and Viettel projects.
I understand him, Life must go on but we should manage it.
2. Apply what I learn to the job
Unethical Behavior in the Workplace
Reference from http://www.gooddigg.com/ENGLISH/unethical-behavior-in-the-workplace/
- The most obvious reason may be simply for their own interests, greed
- Pressure by his employer to Report incorrect information,
- Fear of losing their job
- Conflict of interest If the accountant has money or a significant stake in the company, he or she may not prepare the perfect individual certain financial companies' statements.
- Failure of an accountant for a detailed examination of the detailed analysis in the preparation and review of financial information
From my point of view, I think everyone works in the project has ever faced this situation before but he/she will do it or not depend on has he/she take it in consideration. It also happened to me in last few months, I had been asked from my senior project controller to revise some project financial figure in order to get better project performance. We had revised it because our own interest/KPI and we think it will have good image on our performance about good monitoring and controlling.
From reference article above and supplemental assignment, educate me on unethical manner and encourage me to behave ethically. I have to act professionally and take it to business way of working. Thank you for this, Dr. Paul.
# posted by Maneesuda (Nui) @ 10/24/2009 11:15:00 AM 
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Hi Nui,
Very well thought out analysis of Thang's decisions!!! Now, you may not know other factors which may have impacted his decision, but I think your assessment was a reasonable and valid one, given what we know.
I am also happy to see you starting to think like a professional. I am just completing a 3 day workshop here in Washington DC and one of the topics we spent a LOT of time discussing was the negative impact that project managers who are unwilling or unable to stand up to the boss or client or customer and tell them their budget is too low or their time frame is too aggressive. In trying to "please" or "satisfy" the client by lying to them, we are destroying the credibility of not only ourselves, but also of the practice of project management.
Keep up the good work, Nui!!!
BR,
Dr. PDG, GAPPS Workshop #17, University of Maryland, Washington, DC
Very well thought out analysis of Thang's decisions!!! Now, you may not know other factors which may have impacted his decision, but I think your assessment was a reasonable and valid one, given what we know.
I am also happy to see you starting to think like a professional. I am just completing a 3 day workshop here in Washington DC and one of the topics we spent a LOT of time discussing was the negative impact that project managers who are unwilling or unable to stand up to the boss or client or customer and tell them their budget is too low or their time frame is too aggressive. In trying to "please" or "satisfy" the client by lying to them, we are destroying the credibility of not only ourselves, but also of the practice of project management.
Keep up the good work, Nui!!!
BR,
Dr. PDG, GAPPS Workshop #17, University of Maryland, Washington, DC
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