July 2008- Project Management

What is meant by a “Project” ??

Difference between planning and

operation stage.

Defining the “Project management” . How to construct a “Scope Management “ ?

How can we deal with a problem as a project?

A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique purpose.

Attributes of projects: Unique. Temporary. require Resources , often from various

areas. Should have a primary sponsor and/or a

customer. Involve uncertainty (Risky).

Developing a software package. Solving a certain Problem.Preparing for sports events : Euro ,

Olympic games, World Cup .Building a bridge , house , a power

generation plant. (Considered as typical Projects)

PlanningPlanningOperationsOperations

Temporary and Temporary and UniqueUnique

Repetitive and Repetitive and OngoingOngoing

“ The application of knowledge , skills , tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project “.

Modern project management began with Manhattan Project which helps the US. military to develop the atomic bomb.

However , project management has been around thousands of years :Pyramids.Great Wall of China.

Project managers must have also experience and knowledge in :General Management.The application area of the project.

1. Project Integration Management.

2. Project Scope Management.

3. Project Time Management.

4. Project Cost Management.

5. Project Quality Management.

6. Project Human Resources Management.

7. Project Communications Management.

8. Project Risk Management.

9. Project Procurement Management.

Project Success

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Key Recruiting requirements in most of the engineering fields today:Civil , Mechanical , Electrical , Production

and Marine Engineering.Multinational Corporations.Very high salaries.Construction industry boom in the gulf

area.

1. Project Integration Management.

2. ct Scope Management.

3. Project Time Management.

4. Project Cost Management.

5. Project Quality Management.

6. Project Human Resources Management.

7. Project Communications Management.

8. Project Risk Management.

9. Project Procurement Management.

Project Scope Management.

A Scope Statement is a document used to develop and confirm a common understanding of the project scope.

It should include :A project justification.A brief description of the project’s

products.A summary of all project deliverables.A statement of what determines project

success.

Ensuring that the project includes all the work required .

After completing scope planning , the next step is to further define the work by breaking it into manageable pieces.

Good Scope Definition:Helps in improving the accuracy of time , cost

and resource estimating.Defines a baseline for performance

measurement & project control.

Why Break it Up ??

Estimating (time\cost). Scheduling . Think of everything. Understand everything. Control progress.

Top down.Until all the ‘work’ is defined at the lowest

level.How far do you break it down??

Until each task is ….i. Assignable.ii. Estimateable (Effort- Cost) .iii. Schedulable (Duration , Precedents) .iv. Completeable.

Analogy approach.Top-down approach.Bottom up approach.Mind Mapping approach.

What Is a Problem?A problem is something that gets in the way of

what we want to do.

Example : If I have an old car sitting in my garage and

it doesn’t run, then the fact that it doesn’t run is not a problem. But if I own only one car and it doesn’t run, then that’s a problem.

There are a bunch of wrong ways to approach problems and they’re all about blame.

Blame asks questions about the past, but only to point fingers.

“Who did this?” “Who made this mess?” Those kinds of questions don’t get us anywhere.

Instead of asking, “Who?” if something isn’t working, ask, “What?” and then ask, “Why?” “What happened?” “What’s wrong?” “Why did this happen?”

Those are useful questions.

A problem has some or all of these five parts: a crisis a symptom a consequence a cause a root cause

Picture the solution.Ask if you need information.Ask if you need expertise.List your options.Maybe make a decision.