Presentation accompanying the first part of an introductory project management session at Ravensbourne

1. Project Management
(the beginning)
Miles Metcalfe

2. One secret

3. Communication

4. What is a project?
• Finite duration
• Definite scope
• When it ends, something has changed

5. What is not project
management
• Personal productivity – your todo list
• People management
• Operations management

6. Balance quadrant
Cost Quality
Balance
Scope Time

7. Finding a project

8. Stakeholders

9. Risks

10. Proposal
• What does it solve?
• Why is that important?
• How much will it cost?

11. Start-up
• What
• Objective
• Deliverables (to achieve the objective)
• Rationale – why
• When
• Who

12. Tooling

13. Simple tips
• Mindmapping is useful for
• Discovery
• Scoping
• Stakeholders

14. Beginning the plan
• Product-based
• Breaking down the work
• Estimating

15. Thanks!