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In my perspective, I am not in agreement with the statement “For small projects the PM and TD may be the same person, which leads to schizophrenia!”. For smaller projects, the project manager and technical director should be different persons since their roles are slightly different. For instance, in cases weddings, the PM and TD perform different functions. Furthermore, these two persons have various roles to perform which may not be completed successful if it is assigned to one person (Ferraro, 2012). As a result, assuming that the two are same persons may lead to conflict role make one role to suffer.
On the other hand, for small projects such as annual general meetings (AGM), the PM and TD should be not the same persons. In such cases, the technical director is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that all the visitors get seats, and food is ready on time. additionally, the TD should also set the venue ready on time and ensure that the equipment to be used are set, for instance, he or she should ensure that all the wiring of electronic equipment is done properly are ready for use (Nicholas & Steyn, 2008). Other than the mentioned, the technical director is also in charge for the security of guest in the event.
I a nutshell, I totally disagree with the statement “For small projects the PM and TD may be the same person, which leads to schizophrenia!” Due to this reason, most companies or organization do not currently hire full time PMs. Therefore, there should be a clear distinction between the roles of the PM and TD so as to obtain full commitment of every team member. This will help to reduce the number of conflict which results due to misunderstanding between project team members. As in the case of the wedding, the PM and TD responsibilities were not clearly outlined hence leading to the delay.
References
Ferraro, J. (2012). Project management for non-project managers. New York, NY: AMACOM.
Nicholas, J. M., & Steyn, H. (2008). Project management for business, engineering, and technology: Principles and practice. Amsterdam: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann.
