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Project Work?
Projects have clear objectives. Its temp work that has a begining and end. Start and Finish. No resources.
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Operational Work
Operational is concerned with volume and effeciency and has a goal. Its on going work. Routine work (ex.) assembly line. Has resources all the time.
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Characteristics of a Project:
- - Temporary
- - Unique well defined goals/objectives
- - Specific Deliverables
- - Budget/resources requested and committed
- - Constraints
- - Investment
- - Progressive Elaboration
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Characteristics of Opertional Work:
- - Permanent part of Company
- - General Goals/objectives (efficiency, volume)
- - General Deliverables
- - Budget/resources (Annual Budget)
- - Permanent team
- - Investment (depends)
- - Work method, work load
- - Efficiency is critical
- - Elminate variations
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What is Project Management?
The application of project management tools techniques, and skills to achieve the project objectives.
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What does the definition of PM mean?
PM is a systmeatic approch (its a method; sets of language) to accomplishing projects.
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What does this graph represent?
The Process Flow for a Project (or phase).
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Project Process Groups
– Interrelated activities, with common purposes, coherent time period
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Project Phases
– subprojects (stopped, started, funded etc)
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Project Baseline
– an approved plan, against which we compare the actual performance of the project
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Baseline Documents
– for example, the baseline schedule, the baseline cost (budget), the baseline scope
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Project Management Plan
– a “super plan” that integrates all the other plans
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Importance of Project Management
- Projects represent change and allow organizations to effectively introduce new products, new process, new programs – therefore projects and PMs are important.
- Project management helps cross-functional teams to be more effective
- Project management improves budget, schedule and quality performance of projects
- Project management offers a means for dealing with reduced product cycle times
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Trends in Business which increase the importance of Projects and PM
- Downsizing
- Re-engineering processes
- Continuous improvement
- Globalization
- Customization
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What does this graph represent?
Project life cycle – basic understanding about the way work progresses, underlying the schedule.
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The first Answer to ALL Project Management Questions.
It Depends! (ex) context specific, resources etc
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Whats does this graph represent?
Effort distribution over time
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Whats does this graph represent?
Macro View over Time
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What does this graph represent?
PM Process Groups
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What are the Traditional View of 3 Constraints.
- Scope –Performance -Quality
- Schedule - Time
- Cost - Budget
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What are the 6 project management constraints via PMBOK?
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Based on PMBOK 2.4.2 what is a Functional Organization?
A hierarchy where each employee has one clear superior.. Staff members are grouped by specialty. Each department will do its project work independent of other departments.
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What does this chart represent?
Functional organization
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What is PMBOK 2.4.2 definition of Projectized Organization?
The opposite end of spectrum from Functional – teams often co-located, most of the resources (in the company) are involved in project work,
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What does this chart represent?
Projectized Organization
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Based on PMBOK 2.4.2 what is a Matrix Organization?
A blend or functional and projectized.
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What are the advantages of Matrix Organization
What are the disadvantages of Matrix Organization
- 1. Some one is responsible for training.
- 2. Who do they work for.. it depends
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