This document provides an overview of project management based on the Project Management Institute (PMI) approach. It discusses key concepts such as the difference between projects and operations, typical project phases including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing. It also outlines common project knowledge areas and how projects relate to different organizational structures like functional, projectized, and matrix organizations. Finally, it defines some essential project management terms related to scope, time, cost, quality, and other knowledge areas.

1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PMI APPROACH (PMP)
Sayed Ahmed
BSc. Eng. in CSc. & Eng. (BUET, Bangladesh)
MSc. in CSc. (University of Manitoba, Canada)
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References:
Book: PMP in Depth by P. Sanghera
Book: The PMP Exam, How to Pass on Your First Try
Project Management Courses in Undergraduate Study
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2. REFERENCES & SOURCES
 Book: PMP in Depth by P. Sanghera
 Read on 2007
 Book: The PMP Exam, How to Pass on Your First Try
 Read on 2007
 A Project Management Course in Undergraduate Study
 Articles from the Internet

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Overview
Difference between projects and
operations
Project Phases
Project Knowledge Area
Projects and style of the organization
Some Essential Project Management
Terms

4. OUR SERVICES

5. OVERVIEW
 Overview of Project Management
 What is a project?
 A project is an activity
 that using plans and processes creates
 a product, a service, or a result
 A product is a physical product like a TV
 A service is like the Internet, a website
 A result [analytical model, proof of something] is the knowledge
based outcome of a research project
 Project is a continuous process
 that takes an idea/concept
 targets an outcome
 plans how to get the outcome
 uses several processes/activities
• to gain the outcome
 applies monitoring and controlling
• to get the desired outcome timely

6. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS
 Operation
 An operation is not a project
 Operations are done to keep something/an organization
going
 For a restaurant
 Selling foods, buying groceries, cooking, maintaining the
space are part of operations
 For a food shop, selling foods is an operation
 Software maintenance many times are operations
 Project
 The process to create a University or a food shop is a project
 Software development process is mostly project oriented

7. PROJECT PHASES
 A project has some definite phases
 such as:
 Initiating
 Planning
 Executing
 Monitoring
 Closing

8. PROJECT PHASES
 Initiate
 Start a project
 Plan
 Plan how to achieve the goal
 Plan regarding execution and monitoring
 Execute
 Execute the plans to achieve the goal
 Monitor
 Monitor the progress of the project
 Modify plans and also modify execution
 Close
 Close with project when the goal is achieved

9. PROJECT KNOWLEDGE AREA
 Each project needs to use
 some knowledge
 and skills
 to attain it's goals
 Projects use processes
 to get the result
 Each process may address one aspect of the project
 Each process
 Requires raw input, tool and techniques
 and produces some output
 Each of the processes may require knowledge in one
area

10. PROJECT KNOWLEDGE AREA
 Common project knowledge areas are:
 1. Project scope management
 2. Project time management
 3. Project cost management
 4. Project human resource management
 5. Project procurement management
 6. Project risk management
 7. Project quality management
 8. Project integration management
 9. Project communication management

11. PROJECTS AND STYLE OF THE ORGANIZATION
 Organization Types
 Functional Organization
 Projected Organization
 Matrix Organization

12. PROJECTS AND STYLE OF THE ORGANIZATION
 Functional Organization
 Each functional department is a separate entity
 Projects are done usually
 within a functional unit
 that is independent of other units
 If the help of other units is required
 it is done through the hierarchy of the functional managers
 Usually an unit has a manager
 Based on the size
 each unit may have multiple managers with hierarchy
 Such organization may not carry out many projects
 Project managers may not be so important
 Project managers may be
 just part-time with little or no authority

13. PROJECTS AND STYLE OF THE ORGANIZATION
 Projected Organization
 Organized around projects
 They mostly do projects
 Most resources are invested for projects
 Here, project managers have the supreme authority
 and usually are full time.

14. PROJECTS AND STYLE OF THE ORGANIZATION
 Matrix Organization
 Just a mix of the
 functional and projected organizations
 The matrix
 may be strong in projected area and weak in functional area
 or vice versa

15. SOME BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMS
 Project scope management
 Scope Plan
 Scope definition
 Work breakdown structure
 Scope control
 Scope verification
 Project time management
 Activity definition
 Activity sequencing
 Activity resource estimating
 Activity duration
 Schedule development
 Schedule control

16. SOME BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMS
 Project cost management
 Cost estimate
 Cost budgeting
 Cost control
 Project human resource management
 Planning human resources
 Acquiring the project team
 Developing the project team
 Managing the project team

17. SOME BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMS
 Project procurement management
 Manage acquiring products
 Project risk management
 Plan the risk management
 Identify the risks
 Perform risk analysis
 Develop a risk resource plan
 Monitor and control risks
 Project quality management
 Quality planning
 Quality assurance
 Quality control

18. SOME BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT TERMS
 Project integration management
 Developing the project management plan
 Directing and managing project execution
 Monitoring and controlling the project work
 closing the project
 Project communication management
 Plan communication
 Distribute needed information to the stakeholders
 Report project performance and status
 Communicate to resolve issues among the stakeholders