The realization of a successful project always requires professional input of both the PM and TD. Evidently, this is always a showdown of who the king of the project is and who is not. In a wedding scenario, in most cases, there are two import groups. One group, the wedding committee, plays the PM role and the other, event manager, plays the TD role. In this case, the wedding committee is tasked to ensure every wedding logistics is done to perfection such as the people who will be attending, decide on the venue, organize food stuff and ensure there will be enough security to ensure everything will go as planned.
On the other hand, the event manager who is the technical director here is tasked with the responsibility to ensure all the invitation cards are printed and delivered on time and are the specified colors. At the same time, the TD is charged with the responsibility to set up the venue, ensure the public address system is working, do all the wiring and beautification of the venue and in most cases organize the variety of cars to be used. Additionally, the TD here who is the event manager is to ensure the security of the venue until the event comes to an end.
Last year, I attended a wedding of a friend and the events that unfolded before the wedding ceremony begun took me aback. The TD failed to set the venue on time, and there was no security arrangement. The TD claimed that the committee failed to meet the payment agreement and as such could not proceed with the activities as scheduled. This led to the delay of the wedding by three hours when the wedding Committee members and the event manager were resolving the standoff. Later, the payment was released, and the event manager quickly organized the venue and the ceremony commenced. This was a case of poor financial planning which Kogon (2015) argues as a major source of conflict between PM and TD.
References
Kogon, K. (2015). Project management for the unofficial project manager. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.
