Tuesday, February 4, 2014

An Examination Of The Aviation Project Manager

By Jayne Rutledge


An aviation project manager is a professional who is in charge of all the operations that are run especially during the construction or expansion of an airport. They have special roles as far as the construction and management of projects is concerned. They plan for all the operations. Thus mans that they have to draft a special cost estimate. This takes into considerations all the costs that are likely to be incurred. All the materials to be used in the project are bought under the authority of these people.

Most of airports and other air-related businesses hold their managers with very high regard. They are hired on special occasions where there are very complex operations to be done. The managers state the objectives of various operations. Objectives determine how the operations will be approached depending on the costs and other budgets. The definition of objectives and costs gives the firms in operations a sense of direction.

Special tools are commonly employed during the management of the air operation. Management triangle is such a tool. This tool is very important to most operators. There are three sides to the tool. The internal players are mainly the workers who have been hired by the companies to carry out specialized duties. The external parties are the people outside the scope of various operations and end up being affected. Operations are different processes that end up having effects on the firm.

There are key things that the managers have to control. They have a role of creating the management systems that are used for stating the various requirements. The requirements are stated in such a way that different firms know what is expected as input. The definition of inputs and outputs is done within the scope of the various objectives.

There are various constraints that projects face. These are mainly in the form of time, costs and scope. Time comes in where certain projects ought to be completed before a certain period lapses. All the operations are aimed at ensuring that each of these activities helps the companies beat this deadline. Costs of construction materials increase especially in high inflation times. This means that in some cases the flexible budget has to be drafted.

Most of the managers rarely take part in any of these operations. They play a very huge role in assembling of various professionals required in completion of business projects. The assembling of teams ought to be done in such a way that there are no professional conflicts between the team.

There are several tools that are used for mapping the aviation venture path. The tools and techniques used depend on the duration and size of operations. There are work breakdown tools which splits the operations into smaller bits. Critical value analysis determines which operations is adding value to the organization and which ought to be eliminated.

An aviation project manager has a very huge role to play in reducing the amounts of risks involved with large operations. This is commonly done through the use various models and drawing the estimation of costs. This is very important especially if a firm has very low appetite of risk.




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