Industrial Engineering Program

IND-502
Project Management
Body Of Knowledge
“PMBOK”
Lecture #1
Dr. Sayed Ali Zayan Summer Term 2023_2024
Course Aims:
For students undertaking this course, they will be able to:
Teach students the basic skills required to manage and
schedule a wide variety of technical projects.
Acquire the skills and techniques for the 4 phases in the
life cycle of a typical project: initiating, planning,
executing and closing.
Familiarize students with Microsoft Project software tool.
Understand and apply methods for solving and avoiding
common difficulties associated with project
management.
Program Competences Served by the Course:
Level (A) Engineering Competencies
On completing this course, students will be able to:
A.1 Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying
engineering fundamentals, basic science and mathematics.
A.2 Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation and/or simulation, analyze
and interpret data, assess and evaluate findings, and use statistical analyses and
objective engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
Level (B) Mechanical Engineering Competencies
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
B.1 Model, analyze and design projects applicable to the specific discipline by
applying the concepts of engineering fields
B.2 Plan, manage and carry out designs of projects using appropriate materials both
traditional means and computer-aided tools and software.
Level (C) Industrial Engineering Competencies
C.2 Ability to plane, organize and follow the implantation of tasks and engineering
project aimed to construct, repair, maintain, manufacture, install, assemble, operate
facilities and industrial plants.
Topics:
Introduction to Project Management
Project Organization
Project Planning
Project Scheduling (CPM-PERT)
Project Crashing
Resource allocation & Levelling
Project Performance Measurement &
Control
 Student Assessment
Final Exam. 40
Mid-Term Exam. 30
Evaluation Exam. (+Report) 20
Semester Work (Assigm., quiz, attend.,..) 10
Total 100 Pts.
Text Books:
Erik W. Larson & Clifford F. Gray
“Project Management: the Managerial
Process”
5th ed. 2011, by McGraw-Hill Co.
Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Jack R. Meredith, and Scott
M. Shafer
“Project Management in Practice”
4th ed.,2011, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1) Introduction to Project Management
What is a project?
A Project is "A unique set of coordinated activities, with
definite starting and finishing points, undertaken by an
individual or organization to meet specific objectives
with defined schedule, cost and performance
parameters.“
As stated by PMI, a project is “A temporary endeavor
undertaken to create a unique product or service.”
A Program is “A group of related projects managed in a
coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not
available from managing them individually” (PMI)
1) Introduction to Project Management
Characteristics of Projects:
A project is temporary,
A project has a unique purpose ,
A project requires resources ,
A project should have a sponsor,
A project involves uncertainty ,
A project uses progressive elaboration.
1) Introduction to Project Management
Project objectives:
The objectives (or goals) of any project will be:
 To complete the project within the allotted (or
budgeted) funds,
 To complete the project within the scheduled
time limit.
 To execute the project in such a way that the
project meets the quality standards,
 To ensure that the project is completed to the
satisfaction of the end users.
1) Introduction to Project Management
Project classifications:
1. Based on the type of activity. Projects can be classified as: Industrial
projects, and Non-Industrial projects
2. Based on the location of the project. Projects can be classified as:
National projects, and International projects.
3. Based on project completion time. Normal projects, and Crash projects
4. Based on ownership. Projects can be classified into: Private sector
projects, Public sector projects, and Joint sector projects.
5. Based on size : Projects can be classified based on the size into three
categories: Small projects, Medium projects, and Large projects.
6. Based on need : Projects can be classified under the following groups,
based on the need for project. New project, Balancing project,
Expansion project, Modernization project, Replacement project.
1) Introduction to Project Management
What Is a Life Cycle?
A life cycle refers to the phases that a product or service undergoes:
research and development, release, growth, expansion, maturity,
saturation, decline, and retirement.
The life cycle covers the lifespan of a corporate product or service
destined for the marketplace, or of an organizational asset or process
destined for use internally by the corporation.
The project development life cycle focuses on the research and
development, realization, and release of products, services, assets, and
processes; it addresses the needs, opportunities, and issues of the
performing organization.

Project life cycle—PMI phases

1) Introduction to Project Management
The Project Life Cycle
1) Introduction to Project Management
Definition of Project Management
"The planning, monitoring and
control of all aspects of a project
and the motivation of all those
involved to achieve the project
objectives on time and to cost,
quality and performance."
Project Management is “the application
of knowledge, skills, tools, and
techniques to project activities to meet
project requirements” (PMI).
1) Introduction to Project Management
Project Management Benefits:
 Avoids surprises during the execution works
 Allows the development of competitive advantages and new techniques, because the
entire methodology is structured
 Anticipates problematic situations that may be found, so preventive and corrective
actions can be taken before such situations become actual issues
 Adapts the work to the consumer market and to the client
 Makes the budget available before the expenditures start
 Expedites decisions, as the information is structured and made available
 Increases management control on all phases to be implemented, thanks to previous
detailing
 Facilitates and guides project framework reviews arising from changes in the market
or in the competitive environment, thus enhancing the project’s adaptation capabilities
 Optimizes the allocation of necessary people, capital equipment, and material
 Documents and expedites future project budgets
1) Introduction to Project Management
Project success criteria
 Clear objectives and project brief agreed with client
 Good project definition
 Good planning and scheduling methods
 Accurate time control and feedback system
 Rigorous performance monitoring and control systems
 Rigorous change control (variations) procedures
 Adequate resource availability (finance, labor, plant, materials)
 Full top management and sponsor support
 Competent project management
 Comprehensive quality control procedures
 Motivated and well integrated team
 Good contractual documentation
 Good internal and external communications
Project Governance
 Project governance refers to the design and implementation of formal
principles, structures, processes, and communications that need to exist for a
successful project program or portfolio of projects.

 Project governance is the framework within which decisions are made on

projects.

 Project governance:

 Establishes the relationships between all internal and external groups

involved in the project

 Describes the flow of project information to all stakeholders

 Ensures the appropriate review of issues encountered within each project

 Ensures that required approvals and direction for the project is obtained
at each appropriate stage of the project
Project Governance framework
Strategies for Effective Governance in Projects
 Establish a governance structure with clear accountabilities and
responsibilities for key-decision making.
 Roles and responsibilities of project managers and project leadership should
be clearly described and documented.
 Introduce or standardize the processes, which is important in establishing
good governance. Organizations such as PMI provide the standards for
project management, which can be applied to any project environment to
introduce good governance.
 Organizations can also introduce processes to align their corporate strategy
with the project strategy and promote good governance. These processes are
to be monitored and evaluated to determine whether the objectives are met.
 Better governance in projects leads to stakeholder satisfaction as it will help
ensure that projects deliver the expected business value.
PMI Body Of Knowledge
 The Project Management Institute publishes the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), which describes the
generally accepted knowledge and practices applicable to most
projects most of the time, and that have widespread consensus
about their value and usefulness.
 The nine project management knowledge areas describe the key
competencies that project managers must develop.
1) Project integration management is an overarching function that
affects and is affected by all of the other knowledge areas, which are
grouped into
Four core knowledge areas and
Four facilitating areas.
PMI Body Of Knowledge
 The four core knowledge areas of project management include
project scope management, project time management, project
cost management, and project quality management.
 These are core knowledge areas because they lead to specific
project objectives. Brief descriptions of each core knowledge
area are as follows:
2) Project scope management involves defining and managing all
the work required to complete the project successfully.
3) Project time management includes estimating the duration to
complete the work, developing a project schedule, and ensuring timely
completion of the project.
4) Project cost management describes the processes involved in
preparing and managing the budget for the project.
5) Project quality management ensures that the project will satisfy
the undertaken quality requirements.
PMI Body Of Knowledge
 The four facilitating areas are project human resource management, project
communications management, project risk management, and project
procurement management.
 These are called facilitating areas because they are the processes through
which the project objectives are achieved. Brief descriptions of each facili-
tating knowledge area are as follows:
6) Project human resource management is concerned with planning,
acquisition, and effective management of the project team.
7) Project communications management involves generating, collecting,
disseminating, and storing project information.
8) Project risk management includes identifying, analyzing, responding
to, and controlling risks related to the project.
9) Project procurement management involves acquiring or procuring
products, goods, and services for a project from outside the performing
organization.
PMI Body Of Knowledge
PMI: Process Groups
The five project management process groups described in Figure are initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
PMI: Process Groups