PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PROFESSOR W. B. OLIVER

To undertake a project as the word's derivation indicates, means to cast an idea out ahead of oneself so
that it gains autonomy and is fulfilled not only by the efforts of its originator but, indeed, independent of
him as well

Czelaw Milosz

CONCISE OXFORD DEFINITION

"PROJECT" - (N) plan, scheme, planned undertaking

"PLAN" - (N) formulated or organised method by which a thing is to be done
"PLAN" - (V) to arrange beforehand

KEY PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

1. Identify primary project objectives

2. Provide a clear project execution plan and strategy
3. Establish project organisation structure to support working relationships and communications
PLANNING

If Project Management is about managing risk,

then
Planning is reducing the uncertainties to an acceptable level.

THE RANDOM APPROACH

1. Do the wrong thing wrong

2. Do the wrong thing right
3. Do the right thing wrong
4. Do the right thing right
PLANNING - NODDY BOOK OF RULES

Managers plan - not Planners

Work backwards from Objectives

Bite-sized chunks, please

Establish inter-dependencies

Plan the work - work the plan

Ask regularly - "is it working?"

Commit to the plan as a team

EACH PLANNING ACTIVITY IS:

Who does which task with what by when

MAKE IT SMART

S pecific
M easurable
A chievable
R esults orientated
T ime based

There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you
do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to do something, you accept no excuses, only
results.

Kenneth Blanchard

PLANNING IS IMPORTANT

You can discover this in two ways:

● You can make the effort

● You can get it wrong

The choice is yours

PLANNING: What might be required for:

A. Your Stage III Project (4 people)

B. AMEC's Agip-Tiffany Project (5000 people)

Compare and contrast!

SOME WISE WORDS

You can let it happen, make it happen, or wonder what happened.

Tommy Lasorda

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result

Rita May Brown