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Project Management
Learning Goals:
- Learn the stages in Project
Management - Apply it to a real project
What is a Project:
- According to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), a project is a temporary endeavour
undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. - Temporary
means that every project has a definite beginning and end
What is Project Management?
- According to PMBOK, project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
- Project management is accomplished through the application of
several project management processes
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring
- Controlling
- Closing
- Traditionally, project management includes a number of elements: four to five proces groups, and a control system.
Process Groups: 1. Initiation 2. Planning or development 3. Product or execution 4. Monitoring and controlling 5. Closing
Initiation: The initiation process determine that
nature and scope of the project. This stage shouldinclude a plan that
encompasses the following areas: -
Analyze the needs of the buisness in measurable goals -
Financial analysis of the costs and benefits include a
budget - Project charter including
costs, tasks, deliverables and schedule
Scope: The
products, services and results to be provided as a project
Requirement: A
condition or capability that must be met or processed by a
system, product, service, result or component to satisfy a contract or
specification
Budget: The
approved estimate for the project or any work or any
scheduled activity
Project Charter: A
document that formally authorizes the project, the initial
scope and the resources that the organization is willing to invest
in.
Resource:
Material that is used inorder to complete the project. Eg,
skilled human resource, equipment, services, supplies, materials,
etc.
Planning and Design:
Plan the time, cost and resources adequately to estimat teh work
needd. Effectively manage risk during project execution. Failure to
adequately plan greatly reduces the project’s chance of successfully
accomplishing its goals. This section also consists of: - Determining
how to plan - Developing scope statement - Selecting
planning team
Identifying the deliverables and
creating the work breakdown structure, identifying the
activies needed to complete those deliverables and netwokring the
activies in their logical sequence.
Estimating the resource requirements, time and cost, budget, developing the schedule, risk planning and gaining formal approval.
Executing:
Executing portion consists of the processes used to
complete the work defined in the project management plan to
accomplish the project’s requirements. It also involves
coordinating people and resources.
Deliverables are produced as outputs from the processes
performed as defined in the project management plan.
Monitoring and Controlling:
Processes performed to obvserve projet execution, potential
problems can be identified in a timely manner and
corrective action will be taken.
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Measuring the ongoing project activites
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Monitoring the project variables against the project
management plan and the project performance baseline
- Identify
corrective actions to address isuess and risk properly
Project Maintenance:
Work scop emay change, and it is a normal and expected phenomenon
(Change Management). The changes needs to be documented to
show what was atually constructed. The record is made on contract
documents but not necessarily limited to.
Closing
Closing includes the formal acceptance of the projet and
the ending thereof. Administrativ eactivies include the
archiving of the files and comunenting lessons learned.
Project close: Finalize all activites across all of
the process groups to fomrally close the project or a phase of a
project.
Contract Closure: Complete and settle each
contract (including the resolution of any open items) and close each
contract applicable to the project or project phase.