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What is a Project?• A Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique Product, Service or Result.• Characteristics of Project – Definitive start and end date – Result in some specific benefits – Progressively elaborated (which is to say, they are produced in an iterative fashion).

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Oldest Project – built 4500 yrs ago!

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PMBOK® in a nutshell• Processes - are activities conducted by project manager to manage various aspects of project• Process Groups - a way of grouping processes specific to each logical phase of a project, such as Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing.• Knowledge Areas - a way of grouping these same processes based on the knowledge required to carry them out, such as Cost management, Human Resources management, and Communications management.

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Stages of Project

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Anatomy of a Process

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ITTOs of a processITTOs = Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs

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Process Groups explained

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The 6 Project Constraints

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Project Manager needs…Project manager primarily needs to have thefollowing -• Knowledge (PMBOK® is a great source) – What do you know about your job...• Performance (application of knowledge) – How do you put that knowledge to use...• Personal skills (aka soft-skills) – How do you deal with people involved while doing it...

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