The document discusses the importance of project management and outlines the key phases of a project lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure. It also examines reasons why projects fail such as poor planning, communication, and risk management. Effective project management requires skills like communication, planning, estimating, and problem solving to deliver projects on time and on budget.

1. Project
Management
Saad Khalaf Alqurashi

4. o The Importance of Project Management.
o Reasons why projects fail.
o What is Project Management?
o The most important factors for Project Management .
o Stakeholders.
o Project Manager Skills.
o Project Management Lifecycle.
o Project Initiation.
o Project Planning.
o Project Execution and Control.
o Project Closure.
o Conclusion.

5.  Study by Micheal (2008) shows that 68%
of IT projects fail.
 only 32% of IT projects become
successful.

6. o Poor planning.
o Unclear goals and objectives.
o Poor communication between the project team.
o Unrealistic time.
o Lack of proper risk management.

8. o Project management is not a small task.
o It is not a continuous process.
o Project management reduces risk and
increases the chance of success.
o The application of knowledge, skills, tools,
and techniques to a broad range of activities
in order to meet the requirements of a
particular project.

9. Increased Scope =
increased time +
increased cost
Tight Time =
increased costs +
reduced scope
Tight Budget =
increased time +
reduced scope

11.  Leadership;
 People management (customers, suppliers,
functional managers and project team);
 Effective communication (verbal and written);
 Influencing;
 Negotiation;
 Conflict management;
 Planning;
 Contract management;
 Estimating;
 Problem solving;
 Time management.

13. Everything that is needed to set-up the
project before work can start.
Examples:
 Business Plan
 Risk Log
 Issues Log

14.  Team Members:
 Proposed Problem:
 Proposed Solution:
 Milestone:

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group.
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team members communication numbers and
emails of the
team.

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information *Put all the
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documents on
dropbox
website.
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find friendly and
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information welcoming
using the site
easily interface.

18.  Detailed plans of how the work will be
carried out including time, cost and
resource estimates
Examples:
 Project Plan.
 Cost management.
 Communications Plan.
 work breakdown structure WBS.

19. Item Cost
Hardware $2500
Computers, USB, laptop and printer.
Software $5000
Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Project,
Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Word.
Meeting room $2000
Hire meeting room so the Team members
can meet once each day.
Transport and travelling $2000
Labour Payment $20900
payment for Team members
Coffee, papers Pen, textbox, lunch. $3000
Total $35400

20. Name Role Pay/ hour
Saad Project Manager $55.00/hour
Michel Documentation Manger $37.00/ hour
Steve Programmer $45.00/ hour
Bandar Database Manger $37.00/ hour
Roger Designer $35.00/ hour

21. Audience Event Communicator Channel Timing Feedback
Two Discussion
Report
Project Team Project Meeting Project Manager meeting Feedback
Face to Face
each week Meeting
Email
Members Members SMS Any time Messages
Google group
Technical Face to Face with
Programmer Meetings Discussion
Meeting members
e mail,
Documentation face to face
Documentations Members Meetings Documents
Meeting Google group
Dropbox

22. Doing the work to deliver the product, service
Ensuring that a project stays on track.
Examples:
 Database
 Interface
 code
 Code Specs
 User Guides
 Testing Docs

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24. Attributes Name Type Size
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Street_NO FK Number 6
Suburb_No FK Number 6
OperationalID FK Number 6
Latitude Number 14
Longitude Number 14

25. Contact us:
Click on contact us as you can see in
Figure 8 contact us is a page that
Rest button: help you if you have any questions,
Click on rest button as you can feedback or problem you can email
see Figure 5 Reset button is a or call us.
button which will erase the
name of the street and make
the text box empty, so you can
enter a new street.

26.  Many IT professionals think of
testing as a stage that comes near
the end of IT product development.
 Testing should be done during
almost every phase of the IT
product development life cycle.

27.  The work has been completed and the
deliverables have been accepted by the
project sponsor.
 (project is 100% completed)
Examples:
 Closing Document
 Lessons Learnt

28. Category Issue Name Problem/Success Impact Recommendation
The project manager and
team members should
Some tasks in the milestone The project takes two weeks
Business case Milestone check what they have done
not finish on time. to finish.
each week and what they
have not finished it yet.
This was a success because it The risk management file is
was identified early any risk The projects challenge each important because it can
Risk Management might we face in the risk and avoid risks that may help the project to avoid
beginning of the project and affect or delayed the project. any risks which can affect
planned for. the project.
Baying products with less Get more information
The Estimated Cost For the
Cost management Hardware cost quality than what we planned about products before we
hardware was not enough.
to. estimated the budget.
This was a success because
we use software named This software is very useful
Database Physical data
power designer to design the Saving time and helpful for database
management model report
ER diagram and give us report designers.
for our database.
This was a success because Friendly interface can help Use friendly website will
Interface Interface designer we spend a lot of time to find the users and make it easy for help the website to
very friendly interface them to use it. success.
We had some difficulties to
Use online resource like
Linking the link the database to ASP.NET
Database & Google can help you and
database to the so we do search about the Delay the project.
coding give you information about
ASP.NET issue then we solve the
how to solve the problems.
problem.

29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=9LSnINglkQA

30.  Projects Management is very important.
 Project Management can save Time and
Money.
 Projects are not easy, but not impossible.
 Need to work together as a team.
 Need a good communication between the
team members.

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