Case study chapter drafted

My supervisors have given me feedback on the chapter I've written on the first case study. One comment they made was this first case study might not be a typical project. They're right I suspect.

They also suggested that when I write up the next case study I include under each dimension of social capital a paragraph on pre-conditions. That's interesting because projects when run under PRINCE2 for example, don't consider pre-conditions and history of team members. Methodologies are so formal compared to what social capital is.

Case study 2 write up is next - onwards and upwards!

Perhaps.

Project management skills

I'd remarked to my supervisors that a project manager doesn't need technical skills, but they have queried it.

Gray says that a project manager needs "only rudimentary technical skills" {Gray, 2008} but goes on to remark that he/she also needs orchestrating skills to get people to make the right decisions at the right time. I want to find some public sector literature that remarks on the skills that a project manager needs. There is probably something on the OGC site and probably something in PRINCE2. The OGC site on project manager gives responsibilities, skills and attributes. It also has a concise diagram of where the PM fits in.

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Gray, C. F. and Larson, E. W. (2008) Project management: the managerial process, (4 Edn), McGraw-Hill, NY. 798