Slide 1: Project Management
1. What is Project Management
Slide 2: Week 1
Slide 3: Turn your phones off
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Slide 4: Welcome
2 parts Intro – who am I, what we’ll be doing this semester, assessments About projects – The Project Management Framework
Slide 5: First
1st
Form into 12 Groups
Slide 6: Revision Groups
Slide 7: Second
2nd
Your motivation
Slide 8: Who wants to be a project manager?
Slide 9: Why?
Slide 10: Who wants to work with a project manager?
Slide 11: When? Where? How?
Slide 12: A walk through the course outline
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Slide 13: The textbook
Gray, C., & Larson, E. (2006). Project management – The managerial process (3rd ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill. 658.404 G791p3
Slide 14: Weeks 1–3
Project Management Framework
Project Selection and Portfolio Management Project Management Plans Managing Project Change Project Marketing Project Leadership Managing Project Teams Project Conflict Management Performance Management Global IT Project Management Current Issues in Project Management Revision
Weeks 4–6
Weeks 7–9
Weeks 10 – 12 Week 13
Slide 15: Assessment Task
Release Date Weekly Week 2
Due Date
Weighting
Task Type A A
Tutorial Participation Team Project Proposal (Stage-1) Team Project Proposal (Stage-2) Team Report
Weeks 1-11 Week 5, Wednesday 20th August 4pm Week 8, Wednesday 10th September 4pm Week 11, Wednesday 1st October 4pm End of semester
10% 10%
Week 2
15%
A
Week 7
15%
A
Final Examination
50%
B
Slide 16: View > Notes Page
Slide 17: Week 1
The Project Management Framework
Slide 18: 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
Slide 19: 1. What is a Project?
Beginning
Middle
End
All projects have a beginning, a middle and an end.
Slide 20: A definition:
“A temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a Beginning Middle End unique purpose”
Slide 21: 1994
31% Critical
Failures
53%
Challenged
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
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Slide 22: 1998 2001 2002 2007
200K 300K 500K ??
More & more IT projects are starting each year
Slide 23: 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
Slide 24: 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
Slide 25: 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
Slide 26: Projects v Not Projects
Slide 27: Process Groups
Initiate Plan Monitor & Control Close
Implement
All projects typically go through these five processes
Slide 28: Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Result
inputs
activity
outputs
A process is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.
Slide 29: Figure 1.1 Project Life Cycle
(Gray & Larson, 2006, p6)
Slide 31: PMI and the PMBOK
www.pmi.org PMP certification Google PMBOK.pdf
Slide 32: Project Management Organisation PMI IPMA APM AIPM
Head office
Number of members 240,000 30,000 15,000 7,100
USA Europe UK Australia
There are alternatives to PMI
Numbers from Craig Brown (Sept 2007)
Slide 33: 3. The Triple Constraint
Time
Scope
Cost
Also known as the IRON TRIANGLE
Slide 34: Figure 1.1 Triple Constraint of Project Management
(Schwalbe, 2006, p8)
Slide 35: The Quadruple Constraint
Time
Quality Scope Cost
Warning: Quality has many definitions
Slide 36: 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
Slide 37: stakeholders
Performing Organisation stakeholders Client - Sponsor
Project Manager
stakeholders
Project Team
stakeholders
Slide 38: 5. The Project Manager
Week 6 – Leading Teams Week 7 – Managing Teams
Slide 39: (Schwalbe, 2006, p17)
Slide 40: (Schwalbe, 2006, p22)
Slide 41: 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
Slide 42: 7. Project Management Framework
Time Management Cost Management Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
The PMBOK’s 9 Knowledge areas
Slide 43: Figure 1.2 Project Management Framework
(Schwalbe, 2006, p9)
Slide 44: 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?
Slide 45: Sponsor & Supporters
Suppliers
Project Team
Customers
Opponents
Slide 46: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
The PMBOK’s 9 Knowledge areas
Slide 47: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Time Management
Slide 48: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Cost management
Slide 49: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Scope Management
Slide 50: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Quality Management
Slide 51: Remember this?
The first four knowledge areas are Core Functions
Slide 52: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
The next four knowledge areas are Facilitating Processes
Slide 53: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
HR Management
Slide 54: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Risk Management
Slide 55: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Communications Management
Slide 56: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Procurement Management
Slide 57: Contract staff
?
HR Management
What knowledge area do contract labourers fall into?
Procurement Management
Slide 58: Time Management
Cost Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Integration Management
HR Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Procurement Management
Integration Management – pulling it all together
Slide 59: What if it’s not Integrated?
Time Management Cost Management
Integration Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
HR Management
Communication Management Risk Management
Procurement Management
Slide 60: Figure 1.2 Integrated Management of Projects
(Gray & Larson, 2006, p13)
Slide 61: Technical skills
People Skills
Budgeting, Scheduling, Documenting
Leading, Motivating, Listening, Empathising
Which ones are most important for projects?
Slide 62: Figure 1.3 Technical and Sociocultural Dimensions of Project Management
(Gray & Larson, 2006, p13)
Slide 63: BetterProjects.net
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