Project Management 1. What is Project Management,Week 1,Turn your phones off,Picture by Mike Licht, NotionsC /photos/notionscapital/869847216/,Welcome,2 parts Intro who am I, what well be doing this semester, assessments About projects The Project Management Framework,First,Form into 12 Groups,1st,Revision Groups,Second,Your motivation,2nd,Who wants to be a project manager?,Why?,Who wants to work with a project manager?,When? Where? How?,Photo by Tricky at flickr /photos/sovietuk/1432861455/sizes/o/,A walk through the course outline,The textbook,Gray, C., & Larson, E. (2006). Project management The managerial process (3rd ed.). NY: McGraw-Hill. 658.404 G791p3,View Notes Page,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?,All projects have a beginning, a middle and an end.,Beginning,Middle,End,Beginning,Middle,End,A definition: “A temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose”,Source: CHAOS Report 1995 by the Standish Group Access it here: /ir/library/pdf/NCP08083B.pdf,Not even completed,Typically 189% over budget,OTOBOS,53% Challenged,16% Success,31% Critical Failures,1994,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,More & more IT projects are starting each year,500K,300K,200K,1998,2001,2002,?,2007,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 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,Explorations,Go on indefinitely,One team or one person working alone,Creating the same thing multiple times,No constraints on time, cost or performance,What a project isnt,Projects v Not Projects,Process Groups,All projects typically go through these five processes,Close,Initiate,A process is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.,Step 1,Step 2,Step 3,Result,activity,inputs,outputs,Figure 1.1 Project Life Cycle (Gray & Larson, 2006, p6),PMI and the PMBOK, PMP certification Google PMBOK.pdf,There are alternatives to PMI Numbers from Craig Brown (Sept 2007),3. The Triple Constraint,Also known as the IRON TRIANGLE,Time,Scope,Cost,Figure 1.1 Triple Constraint of Project Management (Schwalbe, 2006, p8),Quality,The Quadruple Constraint,Warning: Quality has many definitions,Time,Scope,Cost,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,5. The Project Manager,Week 6 Leading Teams Week 7 Managing Teams,(Schwalbe, 2006, p17),(Schwalbe, 2006, p22),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,The PMBOKs 9 Knowledge areas,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,Figure 1.2 Project Management Framework (Schwalbe, 2006, p9),8. Integrated Approach,Why would a team member be a stakeholder?,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,Project Team,Suppliers,Customers,Opponents,Sponsor & Supporters,The PMBOKs 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,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,Remember this?,The first four knowledge areas are Core Functions,The next four knowledge areas are Facilitating Processes,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,HR Management,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,Risk Management,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,Communications Management,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,Procurement Management,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Management,Risk Management,Communication Management,Procurement Management,What knowledge area do contract labourers fall into?,Contract staff,?,HR Management,Procurement Management,Integration Management pulling it all together,Integration Management,Time Management,Cost Management,Scope Management,Quality Management,HR Managem