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3004ENG - Module 1 Intro To PM 2010
3004ENG - Module 1 Intro To PM 2010
3004ENG - Module 1 Intro To PM 2010
What is a project?
A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result A definite beginning and end A project can involve a single person, a single organisational unit, or multiple organisational units (PMI, 2008) To senior management, a project must be important enough to justify setting up a special organisational unit outside the routine organisational structure
(Meredith and Mantel, 2009)
What is a project?
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A project can create: A product that can be either a component of another item or an end item in itself; A capability to perform a service (e.g. a business function that supports production or distribution); or A result such as an outcome or document
Examples of projects
From your field:
Civil engineering? Electronics/Computer engineering? Architecture? Real Estate and Property Development?
Typology of projects
(PMI, 2008)
Company Portfolio
Program Alpha
Project A1 Project A2
What is management?
Management is the process of planning, organising, leading and controlling the work of organisational members and of using all available organisational resources to reach specific organisational goals.
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A project manager
The person assigned by the performing organisation to achieve the project objectives A PM requires both soft skills and hard skills
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PM and Organisations
An organisation - An organization is a co-operative goal realizing unit in which participants consciously enter into a mutual relationship and work together to attain common goals. Organising - An activity concerning the creating of effective relationships between available people, resources, and actions in order to attain certain goals
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Organisational structures
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Functional Organisation
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Projectised Organisation
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The project focuses on delivering a particular product or service at a certain time and cost and to the satisfaction of technical requirements A project might have two chains-of-commandone vertical and functional, one horizontal and projectand people might report to both the project manager and a functional manager Decision making, accountability, outcomes, and rewards are shared among members of the project team and supporting functional units Though the project organization is temporary, the functional or subcontracting units from which it is formed are permanent Projects can originate at different places inside or outside the organization. Product development and related projects tend to emerge from marketing, whereas technological applications originate from R&D, and so on.
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Review questions
What is project?; and what is project management? A project is defined as a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. If this is the case, why are many typical work/activities/products (e.g. building construction, conference organisation) still considered as projects? What are the key differences between Project, Program and Portfolio? How is project management influenced by different types of organisational structures? Explain how the role and authority of project managers vary between different types of organisational structures? If the projectised structure is suitable for effective project management, why arent all organisations structured that way?
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