Project Management topic

1. PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Presented by Group 1

2. MEET THE TEAM
MIRANDA
SHIELA
VIÑAS
JERALD
DAYONDON
MIAH ROZETTE

3. Project
Management Project management is the practice of
initiating planning, executing, controlling and
closing the work of a team to achieve specific
goals and meet specific success criteria at the
specific time.

4. 1) Planning: This phase includes goal setting, defining the project, and team
organization.
2) Scheduling: This phase relates people, money, and supplies to specific
activities and relates activities to each other.
Importance of Project
Management

5. 3) Controlling: Here the firm monitors resources, costs, quality, and budgets.
It also revises or changes plans and shifts resources to meet time and cost
demand.
Importance of Project
Management

6. Projects can be defined as a series of related tasks directed toward a major
output. In some firms a project organization is developed to make sure existing
programs continue to run smoothly on a day-to day basis while new projects are
successfully completed.
Project Planning

7. For companies with multiple large projects, such as a construction firm, a
project organization is an effective way of assigning the people and physical
resources needed. It is a temporary organization structure designed to achieve
results by using specialists from throughout the firm.
Project Planning

8. The project organization may be most helpful when:
1) Work tasks can be defined with a specific goal and deadline.
2) The job is unique or somewhat unfamiliar to the existing organization.
3) The work contains complex interrelated tasks requiring specialized skills.
4) The project is temporary but critical to the organization.
5) The project cuts across organizational lines.
Project Planning

10. The project manger
Project team members are temporarily assigned to a project and report
to the project manager. The manager heading the project coordinates
activities with other departments and reports directly to top management.

11. The project manger

12. Ethical Issues Faced in Project
Management
Project managers not only have high visibility but they also face ethical decisions on a daily
basis. How they act establishes the code of conduct for the project. Project managers often deal
with (1) offers of gifts from contractors, (2) pressure to alter status reports to mask the reality of
delays, (3) false reports for charges of time and expenses, and (4) pressures to compromise quality to
meet bonuses or avoid penalties related to schedules.

13. Work Breakdown Structure
This work breakdown structure (WBS) defines the project by dividing it into its major
subcomponents (or tasks), which are then subdivided into more detailed components, and finally into
a set of activities and their related costs. The division of the project into smaller and smaller tasks can
be difficult, but is critical to managing the project and to scheduling success. Gross requirements for
people, supplies, and equipment are also estimated in this planning phase.

14. Work Breakdown Structure
The work breakdown structure typically decreases in size from top to bottom and is indented like this:
Level
1. Project
2. Major tasks in the project
3. Subtasks in major tasks
4. Activities (or “work packages”) to be completed

15. Work Breakdown Structure

16. Thank You!