Project management has evolved as a successful tool to manage complex weapon
systems. As budgets decline, Department of Defense project managers are challenged
to improve their skills and competencies for successful project management.
While the current literature specifies the overall requirements necessary for
successful project management, it does not detail and describe how those requirements
are to be fulfilled on a daily basis. The puqjose of this thesis is to provide future project
managers with an in-depth glimpse of how a successful project manager operates in real
time.
The project manager of the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) was selected
to study because he was named by the Army as the 1991 Project Manager of the Year.
The analysis is based on interviews with the Project Manager (PM), his team, and
outside stakeholders, such as the office of the Program Executive Officer. This research
identifies two areas of factors that impact success: factors within the PM's control and
factors beyond the PM's control. Further analysis of the factors within the PM's control
identified three domains of competencies: leadership, stakeholder relations, and
management. This research presents the approaches used by the Army TACMS PM to
manage the three domains while achieving successful project management.http://archive.org/details/dynamicsofsucces00myriCaptain, United States ArmyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited
