Is project manager & team 's salary a burden on the project?

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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada

Generally speaking management consider staff salary is big burden on the cost of running the business.

How you feel about that?

Posted: Dec 13, 2018 11:07 PM

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Mark Steward Director| Arrow Zee Australia Sydney, Nsw, Australia

From my experience maturity plays a key part in this (P3M3). In organisations that are new to project management it can be seen as a burden as previously these costs may have been absorbed by seconding operational staff to manage project delivery with little to no guidance on how to go about this.

I have certainly experienced resistance from managers who have not experienced formal project management before, as they question why are they being charged for something that was never before costed into their business cases. This attitude usually changes once they get to experience professional project delivery using formal processes, but this all takes time. It can be a case of chipping away at the iceberg with a toothpick, especially if there is not a strong push from leadership at the top for formal project management.

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:04 PM

Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada

Mark, thank you for your feedback I agree with you and that's mostly the case and like you said it takes time to develop that culture and must have buy in from top management to support that cause. hopefully and gradually we will educate them and get them on board.

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:11 PM

Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada

Dec 17, 2018 2:44 AM

Replying to Ganesh Kumar

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Hi Riyadh,

That’s the truth. If PM and any staff are not directly generating revenue for the project, then it’s a burden. Just watch the annual budget allocated for engineering and the staff, however much value is added to the project, the budgets are way short of engineering. Also if you see the hiring budget for staff – there is a mark difference.

Ganesh, yes you are right about that sometimes PM and staff generate intangible value but they lack to see it, so one day they would realize and change culture

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:15 PM

Michael Delaney Partner| Delaney Management LLC West Chester, Pa, United States

Have to agree that while they are assets the salaries must be accomdated in the project costs and burden is perhaps the best method

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:45 PM

Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada

Hi Michael, long time no see thanks for your comment it is true that higher management looks at salaries as burden but looking at the added value that shouldn't be a problem.

Posted: Jan 14, 2019 9:47 PM

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