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Explore the basics of project management including key concepts, processes, and the role of project managers. Learn about the Project Management Framework, the Triple Constraint, and the importance of project management.
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Welcome • 2 parts • Intro – who am I, what we’ll be doing this semester, assessments • About projects – The Project Management Framework
First 1st • Form into 12 Groups
Second 2nd • Your motivation
A walk through the course outline Photo by Tricky at flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/1432861455/sizes/o/
The textbook • Gray, C., & Larson, E. (2006). Project management – The managerial process (3rd ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill. 658.404 G791p3
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Week 1 • The Project Management Framework
8 things you want to know • What is a Project? • Process Groups • The Triple Constraint • What is Project Management? • The Project Manager • Importance of Project Management • Project Management Framework • Integrated Approach
1. What is a Project? Beginning Middle End • All projects have a beginning, a middle and an end.
Beginning Middle End • A definition: • “A temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose”
1994 53% Challenged 31%Critical Failures 16% Success Not even completed Typically 189% over budget OTOBOS • Source: CHAOS Report 1995 by the Standish Group • Access it here: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NCP08083B.pdf 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1998 200K 300K 2001 500K 2002 ?? 2007 • More & more IT projects are starting each year
A target outcome A defined life span Cross organisational participation New or unique Time, Cost and performance requirements • Projects have a common set of characteristics which can also be defined by what they are not
A target outcome A defined life span Cross organisational participation New or unique Time, Cost and performance requirements • Projects have a common set of characteristicswhich can also be defined by what they are not
What a project isn’t Explorations Go on indefinitely One team or one person working alone Creating the same thing multiple times No constraints on time, cost or performance
Plan Monitor & Control Implement Process Groups Initiate Close • All projects typically go through these five processes
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Result activity inputs outputs • A process is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.
PMI and the PMBOK • www.pmi.org • PMP certification • Google PMBOK.pdf
There are alternatives to PMI • Numbers from Craig Brown (Sept 2007)
3. The Triple Constraint Time Scope Cost • Also known as the IRON TRIANGLE
Figure 1.1 Triple Constraint of Project Management(Schwalbe, 2006, p8)
The QuadrupleConstraint Quality Time Scope Cost • Warning: Quality has many definitions
4. What is Project Management? • Advantages of Project Management • Better control of financial, physical, and human resources • Improved customer relations • Shorter development times • Lower costs • Higher quality and increased reliability • Higher profit margins • Improved productivity • Better internal coordination
Week 6 – Leading Teams Week 7 – Managing Teams 5. The Project Manager
6. Importance of Project Management • Increased use of Project Management • Compressed product life cycle • Global competition • Knowledge explosion • Corporate downsizing • Increased customer focus • Development of Third World and closed economies
7. Project Management Framework Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • The PMBOK’s 9 Knowledge areas
8. Integrated Approach • Stakeholders • are people involved in or affected by project activities • Stakeholders include: • Project sponsor • Project manager • Project team • Support staff • Customers • Suppliers • Opponents to the project • Why would a team member be a stakeholder?
Sponsor & Supporters Project Team Suppliers Customers Opponents
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • The PMBOK’s 9 Knowledge areas
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • Time Management
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • Cost management
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • Scope Management
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management • Quality Management