Information Systems

Project Management
Chapter One
⚫ A project is a temporary attempt
undertaken to create a unique product
or service.
⚫ Projects normally involve several people
performing interrelated activities, and
the main customer for the project is often
interested in the effective use of
resources to complete the project in an
efficient and timely manner.
How to define a Project?

A project:
⚫ has a unique purpose (well-defined objective)

⚫ is temporary (definite beginning & ending)

⚫ requires resources, often from various areas

⚫ should have a primary customer or sponsor

⚫ involves uncertainty
Project Manager

⚫ A good project manager is crucial to a

project’s success.

⚫ Project managers work with the project

sponsors, the project team, and the
other people involved in a project to
meet project goals.
PM and Project Managers
⚫ Project management is the application of
knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities in order to meet project
requirements.
⚫ Project managers must:
⚫ strive to meet specific scope, time, cost, and
quality goals of project,
⚫ facilitate the entire process to meet the needs
of people involved in or affected by project
activities.
PM Constraint

⚫ Projects must be delivered on time.

⚫ Projects must be within cost.
⚫ Projects must be within scope.
⚫ Projects must meet customer quality
requirements.
PM Triple Constraint

⚫ The three most important factors are

time, cost and scope, commonly called
the triple constraint. These form the
vertices with quality as a central theme.
PM Diamond
⚫ PM diamond, with time,
cost, scope and quality
the four vertices and
customer expectations
as a central theme.
⚫ No two customers'
expectations are the
same; so you must
investigate on their
expectations.
PM Main Definition
⚫ PM is no small task.
⚫ PM has a definite beginning and end. It is not a
continuous process.
⚫ PM uses various tools to measure
accomplishments and track project tasks such as
Work Breakdown Structures, Gantt charts and
PERT charts.
⚫ Projects frequently need resources on an ad-hoc
basis as opposed to organizations that have only
dedicated full-time positions.
⚫ PM reduces risk and increases the chance of
success.
Gantt Chart
Work Breakdown Structures
PERT Chart