This document discusses managing projects through various courses and competencies. It provides an overview of a project management essentials course that teaches how to balance time, cost, quality and scope in project planning and management. It also outlines the 5 steps in the Australian National Competency Standards for managing projects and some typical project management tools and techniques. Finally, it lists some success factors for projects, including having a clear objective, plan, organization, motivation, control, innovation and learning.

1. Managing Projects
Michael W McLean FAICD, CMC (IMC), JM, BBus (UTS)
: www.mclean-mc.com.au c
“Choc-o-Block” Melbourne Conference
2:40pm 1 May 2013

2. Manage Projects : Various Courses
VIETGAZPROM and VIETSOVPETRO Vietnam. With Russian Alliance
Partners
Project management essentials Class code: 09PPM0243
Course description:
Whether you're introducing a new product or service, implementing the latest
initiative or even managing a corporate event, this introductory course will
provide you with the skills you need to plan and manage successfully. Using
a realistic case study, you'll learn how to balance time, cost, quality and
scope, and work through the stages of project initiation, planning,
scheduling and reporting
http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/cce/course.do?id=000223&course=013675

3. Manage Projects : National Competencies
Australian National Competency Standards for “Manage Projects
BSBCMN419A”
Has 5 steps in the competencies that Project Managers should be
competent and demonstrate the evidence they have applied the
Project management theory to practices

4. Projects can go wrong

5. Manage Projects : “OPOMCI and L”
Manage
Projects
Objective
Plan
Organise
MotivateControl
Innovate
Learning
Adapted from Henri Fayol’s
Management Tasks circa
1890’s

6. Manage Projects : A Typical Plan

7. Manage Projects : Tool Bag
Manage
Projects
Objective
Plan
Organise
MotivateControl
Innovate
Learning
Project Scope; Stakeholders and Needs;
Stakeholder Matrix; ; Process Owner,
ISO9001, HACCP Processes; Suppliers
MS Project; Prince II,
PERT, CPM,
GANTT; DFMEA;
VA/VE, Time,
Quality Outcomes
People,
Engineering,
Logistics,
Budget,
Facilities,
Stores,
Suppliers, ICT,
Distribution
People - Competent,
Capable, Capacity, Team;
Recognition and Reward
Visual Management
Boards (Lean) ,ICT;
Tollgates, Process
Control Plans;
Process Audits
Resolve
Problems:
PDCA
(ISO9001),
PDSA, FORD
8D, DMAIC
(Six Sigma) ,
ISO9001
Corrective
Actions
ISO 9001; HACCP;
Processes, SO,
Preventive Action;
Project Review,
Lessons Learned,
Graphical Project
Plan to Actual

8. Process Cause & Effect Analysis

9. Manage Projects : Visual Management

10. American Society for Quality
American Society for Quality - Cost
of Quality (COQ Dr A
Feigenbaum 1954 and an
Australian Standard
http://asq.org/audit/109163/web.ht
ml?shl=109163

11. Learning Systems: ISO9001, HACCP
ISO 9001:2008 “Determine processes, sequence and interaction,
criteria and methods to ensure operation and control of processes” .
Your QMS & HACCP structure should be as per the right NOT the
left. It should have “Manage Projects Process” & Procedures
ISO9001 HACCP ISO18001
Each Standard sample clauses
Business
Process
Description
4 7 4 6 4 8
2. Manage
Projects
8. Plan, provide
& maintain
People
14. Review and
improve
performance
ISO9001 HACCP ISO18001
ISO STD
Clause
Description
All
Clauses
All
Clauses
All
Clauses
5.6
Management
Review
6.2 Human
Resources
7.1 Planning of
Product
Realization

12. Manage Project Process in Framework - Risk
• www.apqc.org

13. Manage Projects : Success Factors (adapted
from Knoster)

14. Your Project: A or B?
A. Build the tallest straw tower
Resources:
Plastic Straws
Dress making pins
1 Raw (Fresh) Egg
1 Marshmallow
People
Paper and Pen for the
Plan
Your timer
B. Drop an Egg from a chair
Resources:
Plastic Straws
Dress making pins
1 Raw (Fresh) Egg
4 Marshmallows
People
Paper and Pen for the
Plan
Your timer

15. How did we deliver our projects and not break
the Egg or eat the Marshmallows!

16. How did we deliver our projects and not break
the Egg or eat the Marshmallows!

17. Manage
Projects
Objective
Plan
Organise
MotivateControl
Innovate
Learning
• Adapted from Henri
Fayol’s Management
Tasks circa 1890’s
Manage Projects : Review

18. MMC Pty Ltd Food, Drugs, Pharmaceutical and
Agriculture Sector experience since 1988
 Abbott Medical NSW
 Aerowisata (Garuda) Flight Catering, Indonesia
 Allied Flour Mills NSW and QLD
 ANZPAC (McDonald's) NSW
 Australian Meat & Livestock Research
Development Corp’n - NSW, QLD, SA, WA, VIC
 Bartter Enterprises Chickens Griffith NSW
 BOC Special Gases NSW
 Bunge Foods VIC
 Buttercup Buns and Bread (McDonald's)
 Coffey Laboratories NSW and VIC
 Colorpak NSW
 Dairy Farmers NSW, VIC
 Edible Oils Industries NSW
 Golden Cockerel QLD
 Gunnedah Abattoir NSW
 Guyra Abattoir NSW
 Intercontinental Hotel NSW
 Kellogg's NSW
 Linde Gas NSW
 Medtronics NSW
 Metro Meats VIC
 Mr Donuts VIC
 NSW Dept of Trade & Industry - Lolliland
 Pauls / Parmalat QLD
 Phillip Morris - Australia and USA
 Pfizer NSW
 Polarcup NSW
 Queensland Health
 Queensland Agricultural Colleges
 Queensland Meat Corporation
 Queensland Medical Laboratories
 ResMed NSW
 Reckitt and Coleman NSW
 Sunshine Breakfast Bars QLD
 Tip Top Bakeries NSW
 Uncle Bens NSW/VIC
 Unilever NSW
 Van Leer Plastics NSW
 VIP Packaging (Food)

19. MMC client RPC Technologies, finalist in 3 categories for the
Manufacturers Monthly Endeavour Awards
RPC is nominated for 3 Award categories Large Manufacturing,
New Product Introduction and the Enterprise Connect Sustainable
Continuous Improvement Program Award.
Subject: 2013 Endeavour Awards
The four finalists for the Enterprise Connect Significant
Achievement Award as part of the Manufacturers’ Monthly
Endeavour Awards are:
•Baltimore Aircoil (Australia) Pty Ltd (NSW)
•Electra-Loom Pty Ltd (NSW)
•Ronson Gears Pty Ltd (VIC)
•RPC Technologies Pty Ltd (NSW) www.rpctechnologies.com
www.enterpriseconnect.gov.au

20. Managing Projects
Dijana Green
Elevating Food Safety
dijana.green@elevatingfoodsafety.com.au
Ph 02 8090 7605
Michael W McLean
MMC Pty Ltd (Est: 1988) Epping NSW
M: +61 419 225 996 P: +61 2 9706 8566
E:michael@mclean-mc.com.au
Just published an Executive Briefing
from “Fundamental Cost Reduction” by
Manufacturship http://manufacturship.com/fcr/