Role of the Project Manager

Role of Project Manager

The objective of this week’s topic is to make sure you have an   appreciation of the Role of the Project Manager in Commercial Negotiation. 

Try to ask yourself the questions that were in the slides in   this week’s lecture:

1. In what way, would our approach to the   Negotiation Interaction Process vary because of the Economic Logic, or the   Strategic Logic, or the Tactical/Pragmatic Logic?

2. In what way, would the Governance ‘Hard’   features impact on our approach to the Negotiation Interaction Process and   Negotiation?

3. In what way, would the Governance ‘Soft’   features impact on our approach to the Negotiation Interaction Process and   Negotiation?

4. In what way, would the Accountability and   Transparency features of Governance impact on our approach to the Negotiation   Interaction Process and Negotiation?

5. In what way, would our approach to the   Negotiation Interaction Process and Negotiation Methods vary because of the   Tame, Messy, Wickedness, or Complexity of the project?

6. Is the Johari-Oriented Cynefin Typology of   Project Awareness a meaningful model that can be applied to Commercial   Project Negotiation and Communication with Project and Commercial   Participants?

At an overall level:

7. What role does the project manager have in the negotiation   process?

1. What is Project Communication (see PMBOK chapter 10)?

2. What Communication is required in Commercial Negotiation?

3. What communication can we identify in the Channel Tunnel Project?

4. What lack of communication can we identify in the QLD Health Payroll situation?