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WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT?
WHAT IS
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• is the discipline of planning, organizing,
motivating, and controlling resources to
achieve specific goals.
• a project is a temporary endeavor with a
defined beginning and end undertaken to
meet unique goals and objectives.
• wikipedia.org
HOW TO EXPLAIN
THIS TO A CHILD?
TWO-STEP ANSWER
1. WHAT IS PROJECT
MANAGEMENT NOT?
2. WHAT DO PROJECT
MANAGERS DO?
WHAT
IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
NOT?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IS NOT A SCIENCE.
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE AND
A BEST PRACTICE.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IS NOT ONLY A TOOL
BUT IT IS ALSO CULTURE AND
COMMON LANGUAGE.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IS NOT A MAGIC FORMULA
BUT IS RATHER A RESULT-
ORIENTED APPROACH.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
IS NOT COMPULSORY
BUT IS EXTREMELY
EFFICIENT PRACTICE.
• 39% of project with budgets over US$10 million failed 1
• 33% team members attribute project success directly to
the skills and experience of the Project Managers 2
IS NOT COMPULSORY. TRUE?
1 The Standish Group, "CHAOS 2007 REX: A Standish Group Research Exchange." 2007.2 Project Management Institute, "PMI Pulse of the Profession Survey." 2006.
WHAT DO PROJECT MANAGERS DO?
PMS PLAN PROJECT ACTIVITIES
PMS ALLOCATE RESOURCES
PMS MANAGE RISKS
PMS MANAGE TEAM MEMBERS
PMS CONTROL PROJECT ACTIVITIES
PMS RESOLVES PROJECT ISSUES
PMS FOSTERS TEAM COLLABORATION
PMS REPORTS PROJECT PROGRESS
PMS MANAGERisks
Budgets
Planning
Resources
Communication
Activities
People
Reports
Problems
WHAT PMS DO EFFECTIVELY!
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS
“LEARNING IS EXPERIENCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST
INFORMATION.”
~Albert Einstein
