Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Part - 1 - Slides PM 2019-2020
Part - 1 - Slides PM 2019-2020
Class 1 PM 2019-2020
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Overview
TODAY
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Who is who?
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Materials
• Slides
• Cases + discussion notes
• Guest lecture slides and notes
• Book: Project management: the managerial process,
7th (or 6th edition), E. Larson and C. Gray, 2014 or
2018
• Some readers in library
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Manuals/Handbooks
Canvas
Canvas
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Structure
Introduction 1 1
Part 1 2, 3, 10 2-4 1-3
Part 2 4, 6, 5, 8, 7 5-10 4-7
Part 3 11, 9, 13, 14 11-17 8-11
Part 4 16, 12, 15 18-20, A-B 12
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Cases = group assignments
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Evaluation
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Themes of the course
1. Project CONTEXT
2. Project PERFORMANCE
3. Project PROCESS
4. Project GOVERNANCE
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Goals of the course
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PART 1 : MANAGING THE CONTEXT
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An overview of PM
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Introduction
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What is a project?
• Project Defined
• A complex, non-routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resources, and
performance specifications designed to meet ‘customer’ needs.
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Program versus project
• Program Defined
• A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects that continue over an extended
time and are intended to achieve a goal.
• A higher level group of projects targeted
at a common goal.
• Example:
• Project: completion of a required course in project management.
• Program: completion of all courses required for a business major or master’s
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Comparison of routine work with projects
• Daily entering sales receipts into the • Setting up a sales kiosk for a professional
accounting meeting
accounting ledger
• Developing a supply-chain information system
• Responding to a supply-chain request
• Writing a new piano piece
• Practicing scales on the piano • Designing an iPod that is approximately 2 X 4
• Routine manufacture of an Apple iPod inches, interfaces with PC, and
stores 10,000 songs
• Attaching tags on a manufactured product • Wire-tag projects for GE and
Wal-Mart
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Project Life Cycle (PLC)
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The challenges of project management
• The Project Manager (also plans, decides, organizes, leads and controls…)
• Manages temporary, non-repetitive activities and frequently acts independently of
the formal organization.
• Marshals resources for the project.
• Is linked directly to the customer interface.
• Provides direction, coordination, and integration
to the project team.
• Is responsible for performance and success of the project.
• Must induce the right people at the right time to address the right issues and make
the right decisions.
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The importance of project management
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Benefits of an Integrative Approach to Project Management
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Integrated Project Management Systems
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Integrated Management of Projects
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Major Functions of Portfolio Management
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The Technical and Sociocultural Dimensions
of the Project Management Process
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Example Work breakdown structure (WBS)
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Other Key Terms
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PART 1 : MANAGING THE CONTEXT
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Why Project Managers Need to Understand the Strategic Management
Process
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Projects and Strategy
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The Strategic Management Process:
An Overview
• Strategic Management
• Requires every project to be clearly linked to strategy.
• Provides theme and focus of firm’s future direction.
• Responding to changes in the external
environment—environmental scanning
• Allocating scarce resources of the firm to
improve its competitive position—internal responses
to new programs
• Requires strong links among mission, goals, objectives,
strategy, and implementation.
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Project Portfolio Management Problems
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A Portfolio Management System
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Classification of projects
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A Portfolio Management System
• Selection Criteria
• Financial: most used : payback (time to recover from
investment), net present value (NPV – including required
rate of return).
• Non-financial: projects of strategic importance to the
firm (less tangible criteria).
• Multi-Weighted Scoring Models
• Use several weighted selection criteria to evaluate project
proposals.
• Example: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP or Saaty-
model 1980): decomposition and hierarchy of criteria; =
mathematical synthesis of numerous judgements.
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Financial Models
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Multi-Criteria Selection Models
• Checklist Model
• Uses a list of questions to review potential projects and to determine their
acceptance or rejection (example list in book on p. 40).
• Fails to answer the relative importance or value of a potential project and doesn’t
allow for comparison with other potential projects.
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Multi-Criteria Selection Models
An example
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MAMCA
DHL Case with multicriteria: decision tree MAMCA (multi-actor multi-criteria analysis)
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MAMCA
DHL Case with multicriteria: outcome project selection
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Applying a Selection Model
• Project Classification
• Deciding how well a strategic or operations project fits the organization’s strategy.
• Selecting a Model
• Applying a weighted scoring model to bring projects to closer with the
organization’s strategic goals.
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Project Proposals
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Managing the Portfolio
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Project Portfolio Matrix Dimensions
Based on:
1. Y: technical feasibility (how easy is it?) and
2. X: NPV if success (commercial potential)
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Which type of the matrix?
• Implementation gap
• Net present value
• Organizational politics
• Payback
• Priority system
• Priority team
• Project portfolio
Project screening matrix
• Project sponsor
• Sacred cow
• Strategic management process
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PART 1 : MANAGING THE CONTEXT
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Where we are now
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Project Management Structures
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(1) Functional organization of projects
• Advantages • Disadvantages
1. No Structural Change 1. Lack of Focus
2. Flexibility 2. Poor Integration
3. In-Depth Expertise 3. Slow
4. Easy Post-Project Transition 4. Lack of Ownership
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(2) Organizing Projects through dedicated teams
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Dedicated teams
• Advantages • Disadvantages
1. Simple (independency) 1. Expensive
2. Fast (full attention) 2. Internal Strife (projectitis, ex. Mac
team)
3. Cohesive (motivation)
3. Limited Technological Expertise
4. Cross-Functional Integration
4. Difficult Post-Project Transition
(specialists work together)
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(3) Matrix Structure
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Different matrix forms for projects
• Weak Form
• The authority of the functional manager predominates
and the project manager has indirect authority.
• Balanced Form
• The project manager sets the overall plan and the
functional manager determines how work to be done.
• Strong Form
• The project manager has broader control and functional
departments act as subcontractors
to the project.
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Matrix forms
• Advantages • Disadvantages
1. Efficient (sharing resources) 1. Dysfunctional Conflict (accountability)
2. Strong Project Focus (holistic) 2. Infighting (scarce resources)
3. Easier Post-Project Transition 3. Stressful (2 bosses)
4. Flexible (resources and 4. Slow (2 bosses)
expertise)
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Choosing the Appropriate Project Management Structure
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Choosing the Appropriate Project Management Structure
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Organizational Culture
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Identifying Cultural Characteristics
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Key Terms
• Balanced matrix
• Dedicated project team
• Matrix
• Organizational culture
• Projectitis
• Projectized organization
• Project Office (PO)
• Strong matrix
• Weak matrix
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PART 1 : MANAGING THE CONTEXT
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Where we are now
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Managing versus Leading a Project
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Managing Project Stakeholders
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Influence as Exchange
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Commonly Traded Organizational
Currencies
• Task-related currencies
• Resources Lending or giving money, budget increases, personnel, etc.
• Assistance Helping with existing projects or undertaking unwanted tasks.
• Cooperation Giving task support, providing quicker response time, or aiding
implementation.
• Information Providing organizational as well as technical knowledge.
• Position-related currencies
• Advancement Giving a task or assignment that can result in promotion.
• Recognition Acknowledging effort, accomplishments, or abilities.
• Visibility Providing a chance to be known by higher-ups or significant others in the
organization.
• Network/ Providing opportunities for linking with others.
contacts
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Commonly Traded Organizational
Currencies
• Inspiration-related currencies
• Vision Being involved in a task that has larger significance for the unit, organization,
customer, or society.
• Excellence Having a chance to do important things really well.
• Ethical correctness Doing what is “right” by a higher standard than efficiency.
• Relationship-related currencies
• Acceptance Providing closeness and friendship.
• Personal support Giving personal and emotional backing.
• Understanding Listening to others’ concerns and issues.
• Personal-related currencies
• Challenge/learning Sharing tasks that increase skills and abilities.
• Ownership/involvement Letting others have ownership and influence.
• Gratitude Expressing appreciation.
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Social Network Building
• Mapping Dependencies
• Project team perspective:
• Whose cooperation will we need?
• Whose agreement or approval will we need?
• Whose opposition would keep us
from accomplishing the project?
• Stakeholders’ perspective:
• What differences exist between the team
and those on whom the team will depend?
• How do the stakeholders view the project?
• What is the status of our relationships with the stakeholders?
• What sources of influence does the team have relative
to the stakeholders?
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Management by Wandering Around
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Managing Upward Relations
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Ethics and Project Management
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Situations where it is difficult to determine
whether conduct is right or wrong:
• Padding of cost and time estimations
• Exaggerating pay-offs of project proposals
• Falsely assuring customers that everything is on track
• Being pressured to alter status reports
• Falsifying cost accounts
• Compromising safety standards to accelerate progress
• Approving shoddy work
• Code of conduct
• Professional standards and personal integrity
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Contradictions of Project Management
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Qualities of an Effective Project Manager
1. Systems thinker
2. Personal integrity
3. Proactive
4. High emotional intelligence (EQ).
5. General business perspective
6. Effective time management
7. Skillful politician
8. Optimist
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Suggestions for Project Managers
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