Project Management
Define Management?
Define organization?
Functions of management?
Importance of management?
Skills and nature of
management?
Management as a micro and
macro levels?
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Principles of management
Concept of Taylor and
Henri Fayols in
management
Managerial qualities and
training
Role of managers
Hierarchy
Project Management
Project Management: Past
and Present
History of Project Management
Early methodologies not well-documented, but results still
stand: the pyramids, Stonehenge, mass human migrations
Late 19th century
Construction of intercontinental railroad, other large
projects
Early 20th Century
Frederick Taylor created Scientific Management of
industrial processes
Henry Gantt developed a bar-chart approach to illustrating
timing of project tasks and progress
History of Project Management (continued)
Mid-20th century
CPM and PERT methodologies identified the importance of task
sequences, task dependencies and the concept of the critical path.
Project management as a profession
Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) was created
Today
Increasing recognition of project management as a specialized set of
skills applicable to many different industries
Project Management certifications: PMP, CAPM, specializations
Applied on all industries
Careers Using Project Management Skills
Everyone carries out projects, every
role in every organization.
Projects can be any size from one-
person doing his or her homework to
thousands of people working together
with billion-dollar budgets.
Project management skills
Planning
Communication
Delivering results
Monitoring risks
Managing resources
Industry/sectors
Business owners
Agriculture and Natural
Resources
Services
Arts, Media and Entertainment
Manufacturing
Utilities
Health and Hospitality
Education
Information Technology
etc
Project in Project Management?
“The word project is explained as a sequence of tasks
that must be done /completed to achieve a certain
outcome. As per Project Management Institute
(PMI), the word Project refers to any temporary
endeavor with a definite beginning and end.
Depending on its complexity, it can be managed
through a 1 person or 100s”
Unique
How can you tell that an
activity is unique?
Completely new product or
service
Creation of new process
Product or service new to
this group of people
Time-limited
May have a start and end
date
May be measured as “will be
complete when a particular
objective is achieved”
If it simply continues forever
or to an unspecified end-date
it is probably an ongoing
business activity
Project Success
Traditionally: on time,
within budget and
delivers the promised
scope
More effective
measure: satisfied
customer
Group work
In small groups, try to
identify the LARGEST
project each of you have
been involved with.
You do not have to have
been the project manager—
if not, what was your role?
(team member, volunteer,
purchaser, ??)
With the group, make it clear
how the project you have
identified meets the criteria:
Unique
Temporary
Project Management Expertise
Application knowledge
Industry group
Technical specialty
Managerial area
Understanding the project
environment
Cultural, social, political,
international, physical
Management knowledge
and skills
Interpersonal skills
Communication, influence,
leadership, motivation,
negotiation and problem
solving
Project Management Standards
Standards
organizations
PMI
Project Management
Institute:
http://www.pmi.org/
CAPM, PMP and other
professional standards
IPMA
International Project
Management Association:
http://ipma.ch/
Several certifications
Project & Management?
Project : A group of milestones or
phases, activities or tasks that support
an effort to accomplish something
Management : is the process of
Planning, Organizing, Controlling and
Measuring
What does Project Management Entail?
Planning: is the most critical and gets the
least amount of our time
Beginning with the End in mind-Stephen Covey
Organizing: Orderly fashion
(Contingent/Prerequisites)
Controlling: is critical if we are to use our
limited resources wisely
Measuring: To determine if we accomplished
the goal or met the target?
Who uses Project Management?
Nearly Everyone to some
degree
People plan their Days, their
Weeks, their Vacations and
their Budgets and keep a
simple project management
form known as ‘’To Do’’ list
Any Process or Means used
to track tasks or efforts
towards accomplishing a goal
could be considered Project
Management
Project Management used and Important ?
Why Project Management used ?
It is necessary to Track or Measure the progress we have
achieved towards a Goal we wish to accomplish
We use Project Management to Aid us in Maximizing and
Optimizing our resources to accomplish our goals
Why is Project Management Important?
Enables us to map out a course of action or work plan
Helps us to think systematically and thoroughly
Unique Task
Specific Objective
Variety of Resources
Time bound
Project Management
Various stages of project
Why do companies uses project management
Why do people learn project management
Project management plan
Project Management….
Work Smart Not Hard !!!
DEMPSTER TRIANGLE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Project Life Cycle
Phases of a project
Initiation
Planning
Implementation
Closing
10 Knowledge Areas of Project Management?
Another set of guidelines that project managers can find helpful when weighing the triangle
for their project is the “10 knowledge areas” of project management which are below. The
Project Management Institute publishes the text, A Guide to the Project Management Body
of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), which outlines these factors that help inform and shape
the project triangle.
1) Integration Management: The overarching plan of managing a project, which takes into
account all schedules and process, and identifies the actual deliverables and scope of a
project.
2) Scope Management: This element helps focus a project’s scope, which in turn allows
project managers and resource managers to plan and assign resources to it.
3) Time Management: This element enables the building of processes and schedules, and
ensures time frames are realistic and achievable.
4) Cost Management: Performing this exercise allows you to plan a project’s overall
budget, from estimating to financing to controlling costs.
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5) Quality Management: This element identifies everything needed to
plan and produce a project that is effective and meets or exceeds the
stakeholders’ goals.
6)Human Resource Management: This is how team members are
assigned their roles and responsibilities on a project, as well as the
hierarchy of who oversees who and what.
7)Communications Management: This element guides how
stakeholders and project managers communicate, including the
communication cadence.
8)Risk Management: Identifies, analyzes, and responds to risk factors
during a project.
9)Procurement Management: This element applies to contractors and
vendors, and all other third parties that may contribute to a project over
time.
10)Stakeholder Management: This element helps project managers
design effective stakeholder management strategies and tools.
Summary
Project management has existed
as long as humans have worked
together to achieve goals
Project management skills are
useful in all careers
Project management takes place
in all industries
There are associations of
professional project managers
that set standards for the
practice of project management
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