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2. What is a Project?
A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to
produce a unique product or service
Temporary – Definitive beginning and end
Unique – New undertaking, unfamiliar ground
Temporary Unique
Characteristics of
Projects
6. What is Project Management
Project Management is the application of skills,
knowledge, tools and techniques to meet the
needs and expectations of stakeholders for a
project.
The purpose of project management is prediction
and prevention, NOT recognition and reaction
11. Issue Management
Issues are restraints to accomplishing the deliverables of
the project.
Typically identified throughout the project and logged and
tracked through resolution.
Rope not thick
Issue… already impacting the cost, time or quality
12. Cost Management
This process is required to ensure the project is
completed within the approved budget and includes:
Resources
people
equipment
materials
Quantities
Budget
13. Quality Management
Quality Management is the process that insure the
project will meet the needs
“conformance to requirements” - Crosby
“fitness for use” - Juran
“the totality of characteristics of an
entity that bear on its ability to
satisfy stated and implied need’ - ISO 8402:1994
14. Communications Management
This process is necessary to ensure timely and appropriate
generation, collection, dissemination, and storage of
project information
15. Risk Management
Risk identification and mitigation strategy
Risk update and tracking
Tree – location, accessibility,
ownership
Weather
Risk… POTENTIAL negative impact to project
16. Change Control Management
Define how changes to the project scope
will be executed
Scope Change
Schedule changes
Technical Specification Changes
All changes require collaboration and buy in via the project sponsor’s signature
prior to implementation of the changes
18. Initiation Phase
Define the need
Return on Investment Analysis
Make or Buy Decision
Budget Development
19. Definition Phase
Determine goals, scope and project constraints
Identify members and their roles
Define communication channels, methods, frequency
and content
Risk management planning
20. Planning Phase
Resource Planning
Work Breakdown Structure
Project Schedule Development
Quality Assurance Plan
21. Work Breakdown Structure
For defining and organizing the
total scope of a project
First two levels - define a set
of planned outcomes that
collectively and exclusively
represent 100% of the project
scope.
Subsequent levels - represent
100% of the scope of their
parent node
22. Implementation Phase
Execute project plan and accomplish project goals
Training Plan
System Build
Quality Assurance
25. Project Management Tools
PERT Chart- designed to
analyze and represent the
tasks involved in completing a
given project
Gantt Chart - popular type
of bar chart that illustrates a
project schedule
26. Role of a Project Manager
Process
Responsibilities
People
Responsibilities
• Project issues
• Disseminating project information
• Mitigating project risk
• Quality
• Managing scope
• Metrics
• Managing the overall work plan
• Implementing standard processes
• Establishing leadership skills
• Setting expectations
• Team building
• Communicator skills
29. Scope Management
Project Scope Management is the process to ensure that
the project is inclusive of all the work required, and only
the work required, for successful completion.
Primarily it is the definition and control of what IS and
IS NOT included in the project.
30. Issue Management
Issues are restraints to accomplishing the deliverables of
the project.
Issues are typically identified throughout the project and
logged and tracked through resolution.
In this section of the plan the following processes are
depicted:
Where issues will be maintained and tracked
The process for updating issues regularly
The escalation process
The vehicle by which team members can access documented issues
31. Cost Management
This process is required to ensure the project is
completed within the approved budget and includes:
Resource Planning - The physical resources required
(people, equipment, materials) and what quantities are
necessary for the project
Budget
Budget estimates
Baseline estimates
Project Actuals
32. Quality Management
Quality Management is the process that insure the
project will meet the needs via:
Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality
Control
Clearly Defined Quality Performance Standards
How those Quality and Performance Standards are
measured and satisfied
How Testing and Quality Assurance Processes will ensure
standards are satisfied
Continuous ongoing quality control
33. Communications Management
This process is necessary to ensure timely and appropriate
generation, collection, dissemination, and storage of
project information using:
Communications planning
Information Distribution
Performance Reporting
Define the schedule for the Project Meetings (Team, OSC,
ESC), Status Meetings and Issues Meetings to be
implemented
34. Risk Management
Risk identification and mitigation strategy
Whenif new risks arise
Risk update and tracking
35. Change Control Management
Define how changes to the project scope
will be executed
Formal change control is required for all of the following
1. Scope Change
2. Schedule changes
3. Technical Specification Changes
4. Training Changes
All changes require collaboration and buy in via the project
sponsor’s signature prior to implementation of the
changes
36. Bio
Avneet Mathur is currently CTO of Zeratec, Inc., and has been involved in IT for the last
decade. He is a Certified Project Management Professional, as awarded by the Project
Management Institute, USA. Avneet holds an MBA in General Business Administration,
with an additional Master's Degree in Computer Science and Networking from
University of Missouri, Kansas City. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer
Science from the Aurangabad University, India. He can be reached at
avneet_mathur@hotmail.com
Project Perfect is a project management software consulting and training organisation based
in Sydney Australia. Their focus is to provide creative yet pragmatic solutions to Project
Management issues.
Project Perfect sell “Project Administrator” software, which is a tool to assist organisations
better manage project risks, issues, budgets, scope, documentation planning and
scheduling. They also created a technique for gathering requirements called “Method
H”, and sell software to support the technique. For more information on Project tools
or Project Management visit www.projectperfect.com.au
Editor's Notes
SCOPE MANAGEMENT – Ensuring all the appropriate work within the project scope is completed and only the work within scope is being conducted
TIME MANAGEMENT – Schedule Management
COST MANAGEMENT – How costs are controlled and incurred costs are paid
QUALITY MANAGEMENT – Quality Assurance Plan – How quality control is measured and satisfied
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – Development of the project team, reporting structure, resource capacity
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT – How project communications will be handled to ensure all project stakeholders are informed
RISK MANAGEMENT – Risk Management plan to have all project stakeholders in agreement on how project risks will be handled (aversion, mitigation or assumption)
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT – Procurement process, contract processes
INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT – Integration of all areas of project management to develop a cohesive project plan
This component is used to communicate
How the scope was defined
How the project scope will be managed
Who will manage the scope (e.g., PM, QA)
Change Control
Issues not easily resolved are escalated for resolution.
Issues are typically identified throughout the project and logged and tracked through resolution.
In this section of the plan the following processes are depicted:
Where issues will be maintained and tracked
The process for updating issues regularly
The escalation process
The vehicle by which team members can access documented issues
Issue… already impacting the cost, time or quality
Risk… POTENTIAL negative impact to project
Resource Planning - Full Time Employees, Professional Services, Cost, and Contingency
Resource Planning - The physical resources required (people, equipment, materials) and what quantities are necessary for the project
Budget
Budget estimates
Baseline estimates
Project Actuals
What is Quality - conformance to requirements’ - Crosby
‘fitness for use’ - Juran
‘the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated and implied need’ - ISO 8402:1994
Customer-Based -> Fitness for use, meeting customer expectations.
Manufacturing-Based -> Conforming to design, specifications, or requirements. Having no defects.
Product-Based -> The product has something that other similar products do not that adds value.
Value-Based -> The product is the best combination of price and features. 5. Transcendent It is not clear what it is, but it is something good...
via:
Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control
Clearly Defined Quality Performance Standards
How those Quality and Performance Standards are measured and satisfied
How Testing and Quality Assurance Processes will ensure standards are satisfied
Continuous ongoing quality control
Communications planning: Determining the needs (who needs what information, when they need it, and how it will be delivered)
Information Distribution: Defining who and how information will flow to the project stakeholders and the frequency
Performance Reporting: Providing project performance updates via status reporting.
Communications planning
Information Distribution
Performance Reporting
Define the schedule for the Project Meetings (Team, OSC, ESC), Status Meetings and Issues Meetings to be implemented
Formal change control is required for all of the following
Scope Change
Schedule changes
Technical Specification Changes
Training Changes
All changes require collaboration and buy in via the project sponsor’s signature prior to implementation of the changes
Process Responsibilities
The project manager normally is responsible for defining and planning the project. This results in the completion of a Project Definition and a project workplan. Once the project starts, the project manager must successfully manage and control the work, including:
Identifying, tracking managing and resolving project issues
Proactively disseminating project information to all stakeholders
Identifying, managing and mitigating project risk
Ensuring that the solution is of acceptable quality
Proactively managing scope to ensure that only what was agreed to is delivered, unless changes are approved through scope management
Defining and collecting metrics to give a sense for how the project is progressing and whether the deliverables produced are acceptable
Managing the overall workplan to ensure work is assigned and completed on time and within budget
To manage the project management processes, a person should be well organized, have great follow-up skills, be process oriented, be able to multi-task, have a logical thought process, be able to determine root causes, have good analytical ability, be a good estimator and budget manager, and have good self-discipline.
People Responsibilities
In addition to process skills, a project manager must have good people management skills. This includes:
Having the discipline and general management skills to make sure that people follow the standard processes and procedures
Establishing leadership skills to get the team to willingly follow your direction. Leadership is about communicating a vision and getting the team to accept it and strive to get there with you.
Setting reasonable, challenging and clear expectations for people, and holding them accountable for meeting the expectations. This includes providing good performance feedback to team members
Team building skills so that the people work together well, and feel motivated to work hard for the sake of the project and their other team members. The larger your team and the longer the project, the more important it is to have good team-building skills.
Proactive verbal and written communicator skills, including good, active listening skills.
Multiple Roles
Depending on the size and complexity of the project, the project manager may take on other responsibilities in addition to managing the work. For instance, the project manager may assist with gathering business requirements. Or they may help design a database management system or they may write some of the project documentation. Project management is a particular role that a person fills, even if the person who is the project manager is working in other roles as well.
This component is used to communicate
How the scope was defined
How the project scope will be managed
Who will manage the scope (e.g., PM, QA)
Change Control
Issues not easily resolved are escalated for resolution.
Resource Planning - Full Time Employees, Professional Services, Cost, and Contingency
What is Quality - conformance to requirements’ - Crosby
‘fitness for use’ - Juran
‘the totality of characteristics of an entity that bear on its ability to satisfy stated and implied need’ - ISO 8402:1994
Customer-Based -> Fitness for use, meeting customer expectations.
Manufacturing-Based -> Conforming to design, specifications, or requirements. Having no defects.
Product-Based -> The product has something that other similar products do not that adds value.
Value-Based -> The product is the best combination of price and features. 5. Transcendent It is not clear what it is, but it is something good...
Communications planning: Determining the needs (who needs what information, when they need it, and how it will be delivered)
Information Distribution: Defining who and how information will flow to the project stakeholders and the frequency
Performance Reporting: Providing project performance updates via status reporting.