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Project Manager, The Primary Stakeholder And The Sponsor Essay

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This is your project and your term paper. You are accountable for developing the plan, obtaining resources and doing the work. With few exceptions, whether you complete the assignment or not is completely within your control. You are the Project Manager, the Customer, the primary Stakeholder and the Sponsor. • Project Manager: the person responsible for leading a project from its inception to execution. This includes planning, execution and managing the people, resources and scope to create an end product. • Customer: the person/organization stakeholder(s) with a significant vested interest in the outcome of the project, and is responsible for approving the end product. • Stakeholder: an individual, group, or organization, who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project. [15] • Sponsor: A sponsor is an active senior management role, responsible for identifying the business need, problem or opportunity. The sponsor is the one responsible for funding the project. The sponsor ensures the project remains a viable proposition and that benefits are realized, resolving any issues outside the control of the project manager. Decisions related to the form, fit or function of the end product are the responsibility of the sponsor. Note: in this project, you may think of the professor as the customer. The definition of a customer explained above fits the student. The final deliverable is reviewed and graded by the

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