Project Manager and Team Selection

The nature of the project will define the managerial skill requirements of the leader. 

After the evaluation phase, certain projects will have been chosen to go into the forward business plan and will need to be implemented. The first managerial task is to select the Project Manager or Leader and the members of the team. 

Several points need to be considered and questions asked before the Project Manager is selected. The generic and first question that needs to be answered is what type of project is it Does it, for instance, involve one or more of the following  

For example, let us consider a project that involves the introduction of a new speciality product. This is classically divided into the invent-make-sell phases. The process is much more complicated than this, and this has already been described in Section D, 2.2. Invent-make-sell is more accurately split into four phases, namely research-process develop-manufacture-launch. The initial project team should have represen- 

The Cibacron LS range of reactive dyes for cotton, sold by Ciba Speciality Chemicals, was developed in record time by a small team practising a new faster-to-market philosophy. In total it took two years to develop and introduce the new products, half the time it normally takes. 

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