Project Management Basics

By

Mitchell W. Manning, Sr.

Project Management

The time-bound use

of limited resources

to achieve a fixed outcome.

Why Project Management?

TechnicalCompetenceApproachDeploymentResults Time Cost Schedule Compliance Progress

BehavioralAttitudeExpectation

sConfidenceWork/Life

Balance

The Origin of Projects

AwareBelieveComprehendDoExcel

The Rational Process of Projects

Situation AppraisalOpportunity AnalysisPotential Problem AnalysisDecision AnalysisProblem Analysis

The Project Process

InitiatingPlanningExecutingControllingClosing

PMBOK Basics

5 Basic Process GroupsInitiatingPlanningExecutingControllingClosing

9 Knowledge AreasIntegration ManagementScope ManagementTime ManagementCost ManagementQuality ManagementHuman Resource ManagementCommunications ManagementRisk ManagementProcurement Management

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Management_Body_of_Knowledge

Project Management Knowledge

What

Why

How

Where

When

Who

I Keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest.  I let them rest from nine till five. For I am busy then, As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea, For they are hungry men: But different folk have different views: I know a person small-- She keeps ten million serving-men, Who get no rest at all! She sends 'em abroad on her own affairs, From the second she opens her eyes-- One million Hows, two million Wheres, And seven million Whys! 

Rudyard Kipling"The Elephant Child"

Project Management Culture

Institutions

Language

Technology

Art

Project Management Roles

Sponsor

Stakeholder

Leader

Member

Observer

Basics of Behavior

Situation or TaskObservation

DecisionActionsResults

Consequence

Project Management BehaviorsCreate

Innovate

Communicate

Motivate

Administrate

Delegate

Evaluate

Negotiate

Celebrate

Orchestrate

Eliminate

Integrate

Hesitate

Accelerate

Inflate

Deflate

Investigate

Estimate

Project Management Resources

Members

Machines

Materials

Methods

Money

Project Management Overview

Issues Actions Assignments Resources Schedules Review Control

Risk Management Basics

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Risk

Seriousness

Cost/Benefit Basics

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OptionBenefit

Project Action Planning

Identify and prioritize the issues.

Plan, organize, and execute the action items.

Assign, direct and support the responsibilities.

Schedule, allocate and control the resources.

Schedule,commit to, and meet the target dates.

Close project and plan next steps.

One page project map

One page project overview

One page initiating overview

One page planning overview

One page executing overview

One page controlling overview

One page closing overview

Project ManagementQuick Connects

To better understand your project stakeholders, you need answers to:

Who are my stakeholders? Where? What do they need? Where, When and

Why? How will they measure my

performance? What does the stakeholder expect? What is the stakeholder’s perception?

Questions for Success

Mitchell W. Manning, Sr.

Chief Priorities Officer, Priorities LimitedMitch is a Glaxo-Wellcome retiree (now GlaxoSmithKline). Positions held during his career are: Lead Chemical Processor, Senior Validation Specialist, Section Head of Employee Involvement (Project Teams), and Section Head of Regulatory and Technical Training.He helped develop the criteria for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award and served two times as an Examiner for the award. He also served two times as an Examiner for the President's Quality Prototype Award.Additional information is available on LinkedIn.