Project management involves applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project requirements and is fundamentally about people achieving objectives. The field is expected to grow significantly, but poor project management can lead to substantial financial losses, with reports indicating billions lost annually due to project failures. Key factors for successful project management include having the right knowledge, skills, and tools.

1. What is
Project Management?

2. Project Management ●job (proj-ekt
man-ij-muh-nt) The application of
knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques
to project activities to meet project
requirements.

3. But most of all

4. “…Project management is about
people getting things done.”
Dr Martin Barnes, APM president.

5. So what is project management?

6. The project management breakdown

8. It is used in many industries and verticals

9. IT project management
is expected to grow
by
17%
Through
2018

10. Most of the time it pays well

12. But
project management
Is not
all
roses

15. The cost of
bad project management?
Can be high

16. A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers found:
Out of 10,640 projects
from 200 companies
in 30 countries

18. That’s
really
low!

20. is

21. 15% to 25%

22. That’s a loss of
$50 billion to $150 billion
per year in the
United States

23. 2011 CHAOS report:
37% of all projects:

24. 2011 CHAOS report:
42% of all projects:

25. 2011 CHAOS report:
21% of all projects:

26. ?

27. Reasons for project failure

28. 54%
21%
14%
8%
3%
- IBM

29. YIKES!

30. So, what do you need to succeed?

31. Knowledge
Skills Tools
(that’s us)

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