Project%20Management

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Introduction

• Project Management

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Projects

• A unique process, consisting of a set of
  coordinated and controlled activities with start
  and finish dates, undertaken to achieve an
  objective conforming to specific requirements
  including constraints of time, cost and
  resources.
• unique
• specific objectives (the project product)
• constraints (especially limited time frame)

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Notes

• Projects may form parts of a larger project
• Project objectives and scope are updated and
  defined progressively as the project proceeds.
• Project product it is defined in the project
  scope. One or more units, tangible or intangible.
• The projects organisation is normally temporary.
• Complexity and interactions among project
  activities.

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Projects are connected to change management
Usual business of the firm
Projects
Changes (uncertainty)
Routines regular tasks
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Common project elements

• Product specification
• Project plan
• Time frame
• Budget
• Cost plan
• Statemet of quality required
• Identification of areas of uncertainty
• Risk management evaluation responses

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Collecting information

• Real time
• Facilities needed to analyse the collected data

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The project triangle
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Project management

• Project management is the discipline of planning,
  organizing, and managing resources to bring about
  the successful completion of specific project
  goals and objectives.

• It is possible (and sometimes very efficient) to
  manage non-project processes as projects.

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The project cycle

• 4 phases
• Conception (definition)
• Development (planning)
• Realisation (implementation)
• Termination (closing)

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Conception

• Idea of a new project
• Internal
• External
• Desirability (Does it fit the strategy and the
  mission?)
• Feasibility (costs, resources, schedule)
• Documentation project (work) statement
• End of phase formal authorization

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Feasibility study

• Capability to deliver the project product in time
• Final price of the product
• Project budget
• Specification of the product
• Ability to support the capital outlay
• Availability of the items and services needed
• Acceptability of geographical and ecological
• Acceptability of any further contract conditions

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Development phase

• Appointment of the project manager and the
  project management team. From now on the project
  manager is in control.
• A first phase Project Management Plan (PMP). It
  contains all plans for the project, but it is
  continuously changing.

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Realisation phase

• Turning the plans into reality.
• The project development and an appropriate
  reporting (monitoring) system are running
  simultaneously with the implementation process. A
  project log is needed.

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The project termination

• Closing the project and its activities
• Knowledge management tasks
• Success of methods used
• Project team performance
• Reliability of suppliers
• Disposing the residual capital and equipment.

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Project management maturity

• Project management development is an evolutionary
  process every firm goes through nearly the same,
  step-by-step development process in their use of
  PM techniques.
• Different organizations are on different levels
  of sophistication in their best practices for
  managing projects.

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