Project

Management
Overview

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• Define a project
• Define project success
• Project constraints
Purpose
• Project management expertise of the
• The project environment
• Project management knowledge
chapter
and skills

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• Unique product or service Define
• Time-limited
• Project ends when the objectives
a
are achieved or abandoned
project

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• How can you tell that an activity
is unique?
• Completely new product or
service
• Creation of new process
Unique
• Product or service new to
this group of people

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• May have a start and end date
• May be measured as “will be
complete when a particular
objective is achieved” Time-
• If it simply continues forever or to
an unspecified end-date it is limited
probably an ongoing business
activity

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• Objective is achieved
Can tell
• Time limit is reached
• Objective is abandoned
when it
is done

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 • Traditionally: on time,
within budget and delivers
Project the promised scope

Success • More effective measure:

satisfied customer

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 • In small groups, try to identify
the LARGEST project each of
you have been involved with.
• You do not have to have

Group been the project manager—if

not, what was your role?
(team member, volunteer,

work purchaser, ??)

• With the group, make it clear
how the project you have
identified meets the criteria:
• Unique
• Temporary

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 Cost Scope

Project Quality Risk

constraints

Resources Time

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Triple constraint

• All the constraints can be grouped into these three:

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Project Management Expertise

Application • Industry group

• Technical specialty
knowledge • Managerial area

Understanding the • Cultural, social, political, international, physical

project environment

Management
knowledge and skills

• Communication, influence, leadership, motivation,

Interpersonal skills negotiation and problem solving

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 • Standards organizations
• PMI
• Project Management
Institute: http://www.pmi.org/

Project • CAPM, PMP and other

professional standards

Management • IPMA
• International Project

Standards Management Association:

https://mapm.org.my/certifica
tion/
• Several certifications

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 Summary

PROJECT DEFINITION: PROJECT SUCCESS: PROJECT CONSTRAINTS: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

UNIQUE, TIME-LIMITED, SATISFIED CLIENT TIME, SCOPE, COST EXPERTISE
CAN TELL WHEN IT IS OVER

THE PROJECT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

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 Questions?

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