Project Management

Lecture 1
Introduction to Project Management

Ir Claus M K Chan
clausmkchan@gmail.com

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Project Scope
Project scope is everything about a project – work
content as well as expected outcomes.
Scope management is the function of
controlling a project in terms of its goals
and objectives and consists of:
1) Conceptual development 4) Scope reporting
2) Scope statement 5) Control systems
3) Work authorization 6) Project closeout

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Codes
The project is the
1.0
overall project under
development
1.2 1.3 1.4
Deliverables are
1.3.1
major project
1.2.1
components
1.2.2 1.3.2
Sub-deliverables are
1.2.3 supporting deliverables

1.2.3.1
Work Packages are individual
project activities
1.2.3.2
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WBS for Cleaning a Room

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Sample WBS in MS Project

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Planning
A milestones is an event or stage of the project that
represents a significant accomplishment.

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Gates and Milestones
• Phases/stages are punctuated by gates and
milestones
• These may correspond to completion of one or more
project deliverables
• These milestones function as opportunities to review
project progress and enable decisions about whether
to continue with the project (‘Go/No go’ decision
points)

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 Gantt Chart
• A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project
schedule.
• This chart lists the tasks to be performed on the vertical axis,
and time intervals on the horizontal axis. The width of the
horizontal bars in the graph shows the duration of each
activity.
• Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the
terminal elements and summary elements of a project.
• Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e.,
precedence network) relationships between activities. Gantt
charts can be used to show current schedule status using
percent-complete shadings and a vertical "TODAY" line as
shown here.

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Figure 13.5
Gantt Chart with Milestones

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Project Life Cycles and Their Effects on
Different Constraints and Resources

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References
• Pinto, J.K. (2016). Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage,
4th edition, Pearson.

• A.P.M. (2014). [Online] ‘What is Project Management’, Association of

Project Management, [Available at:
http://www.apm.org.uk/WhatIsPM#WhatisPM] (Accessed in Oct., 2014).
• Lock, D. (2013). Project Management 10th edition Aldershot: Gower.
• P.M.I. (2013). A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK guide), fifth edition, Project Management Institute, Norwood,
Massachusetts.
• O.G.C. (2009). Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2, The Office of
Government Commerce, TSO Ltd., United Kingdom.

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