This document provides an overview of key aspects of project management. It discusses establishing a project's purpose by analyzing where the organization currently stands and where it needs to go. It also covers planning the project by defining the scope, goals, and strategy. The document outlines elements of an action plan like tasks, responsibilities, timelines and outcomes. Additionally, it discusses monitoring and controlling the project by tracking progress against the plan using techniques like Gantt charts and identifying critical paths. The overall summary is that the document presents the process of conceptualizing a project from identifying needs through planning, execution and monitoring progress to achieve objectives.

1. A Project’s Tale
From a Dream to a tangible result !
Ashraf M. Diaa
Lecturer of Business, Middlesex University
Head of ERA Academy
ODHR Director, ERA COMMERCIAL - Egypt

2. Organizational “Warm-ups”

3. Knowledge Areas of Project
Management
Project scope management
Project time management
Project cost management
Communication management
Quality management
Integration management
HR management
Risk management
Procurement management

4. A
successful
project

5. Before the project, comes
the “Cause” …
• Human Core Values – What are yours ?
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• Asking the golden strategic questions.

6. I- Where Do we stand (Analysis)
Why do we need to know
where we stand exactly ?
What types of simple
analysis (soft) can we use ?
5
Why
Tree
Why
SWOT
&
TOWS
Cause and
Effect
Situational
Analysis

8. SKILLBUILD
SWOT ANALYSIS

9. Remind your team with a previous activity
where you had to identify where you stand,
tell us how did you do it?

10. II- Where Do we need to go ?
Vision
Goals
Objectives
Initiatives
Strategy
Tactics

11. Define Your Scope
Gap to work on
Community segment
Type of output
Impact (qualitative & quantitative)
What else ?

12. From Initiation
(charter Document)

13. III- How will we reach there ?
Plan, is a diagram or list of steps with timing
and resources, used to achieve an objective.
Time perspective :
• Strategic
• Long Range
• Tactical
Cost perspective :
• Financial
• Risk Management
• Investment
• Resource Management
Managing Resources
on time to reach a
desired result

14. Planning
Time or Tasks
Tangible ?
Can you pause it?
Can you reverse it ?
Can you store it ?
So how can you manage it ?
We Can not manage
time, but we can
manage our tasks on
it

15. Covey’s Time Matrix
DO
PLAN
DELEGATE DUMB

16. Simple Action
Plan
WHO WHAT WHEN ROI
Responsibility Task scope and
KPI
Duration and
Delivery
Outcome

17. What is
Activities
Sequencing ?
Finish 1 : Start 2 Finish 1 : Finish 2
Start 1 : Start 2 Start 1 :Finish 2

18. Work Breakdown
Structure
TaskReportingDivisionResponsibility

19. Gantt Chart

20. Execution constraints
Critical Path
Acceleration
techniques

21. IV- How will we monitor &
control ?

22. What it should look like ?

23. Project’s Phases
KnowledgeAreas

24. The Story in Brief
A B
GAP /
PROBLEM

25. Thank You