The single most important factor when selecting a project is the evaluation of the project meeting a given needs within the society or organization. There are various forms of a project. Projects can be established at the community level or within a firm to seek a solution to need that may be in existence. The viability of any given project is dictated by the availability of the set of skills that may be needed to accomplish the given project (Norman, Brotherton & Fried, 2008). The variance in the set of skills that ought to be applied in the project is dependent on the objectives of the projects and the technicality of the project. The project manager has to ensure that teamwork and professionalism are characteristics that are exuded by the entire team. The project team must have diverse and complementary skills that enable the company to accomplish the project within the set deadline.
The evaluation of the efficacy of any given project relates to the work breakdown structure that is utilized by any given firm. The work breakdown structure is a technique that is employed in the work delivery process whereby the entire objective of an organization is broken down into segments that can be easily achieved or met by the organization (Taylor, 2008). Through the work breakdown structure, the work that needs to be accomplished by a form is decomposed along the organizational hierarchy and each staff of the given organization granted to work on a given segment of work within a firm.
The involvement of a project team in a project must be based on the structures that are set by the work breakdown structure. Taking a business case where a firm needs to improve the quality of goods that they offer for a given project, top of the hierarchy in the work breakdown structure is the quality improvement process. The quality improvement process, being on the upper rung of the hierarchy, is also the title of the project that is to be undertaken by the organization. The two phases of work that needs to be accomplished below the topic of the project are product research and the project implementation processes. The two phases have an equal rank and are all undertaken by the organization complimentarily. Therefore, the diverse and complementary nature of the two segments has to be coordinated by the project manager to ensure effective delivery of the given project (Spiess & Felding, 2008). The product research segments of the organization can further be broken down into two segments, that is, the evaluation of the current performance of the current products of the organization in the market and the second being the determination of the new quality of the products that ought to be produced based on the previous review. The project implementation of the second phase of the project needs to integrate the establishment of a new brand to mark the changes that have been made on the previous project and documentation of the process that had been undertaken in creating the new product.
Concisely, each segment of the hierarchy must have the given skill set such as project management, product development, branding, and marketing. In the case where the skills are available, there is need to take consideration of additional skills such as leadership skills being exuded by the project manager.
References
Norman, E. S., Brotherton, S. A., & Fried, R. T. (2008). Work breakdown structures: The foundation for project management excellence. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons.
Spiess, W., & Felding, F. (2008). Conflict prevention in project management: Strategies, methods, checklists and case studies. Berlin: Springer.
Taylor, J. (2008). Project scheduling and cost control: Planning, monitoring and controlling the baseline. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla: J. Ross Pub.
