Project Management
Dr. Michael Featherstone
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Now – Let’s look at the objectives of the course.
1. Learn a bit about project management and how it is
differentiated
2. Learn a bit about some of the tools project managers
use
3. Have a bit of fun while we’re learning it
So let’s start by parsing the term project management.
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DEFINITIONS
I like this definition of Management.
It’s from the textbook “Management” by Michael Hitt, J.S. Black and
Lyman Porter published by Pearson, Prentiss Hall.
• The process of assembling
• and Using sets of resources
• in a goal directed manner
• to accomplish tasks
• in an organizational setting
DEFINITIONS
• The process of assembling
• and Using sets of resources
• in a goal directed manner
• to accomplish tasks
• in an organizational setting
DEFINITIONS
I also like this definition of Management.
It’s from the book “Future Management” by Gary Hamel, 2007,
Harvard Business School Press
• The capacity to marshal resources
• and to lay out plans
• and to program work
• and to spur effort
DEFINITIONS
A project may be defined as…
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or
service.
• they are finite
• they have a defined beginning and ending
Are these projects?
A wedding event
Building a website
Writing a Masters Thesis
Building a house
A new product launch
Managing an assembly line operation
Designing a new automobile
A college class such as ime380 or ime375
DEFINITIONS
Project Management
The process of the capacity to marshal resources, lay out plans, program
work and spur effort in a goal directed manner for a temporary endeavor
which is finite in that it has a defined beginning and ending, and which is
undertaken to create a unique product or service.
A wedding
Building a website
Writing a Masters Thesis
Building a house
Launching a new product or promotion
Designing a new automobile
A college class
DEFINITIONS
Project Management’s FIVE processes
The capacity to marshal resources, lay out plans, program work and spur
effort for a temporary endeavor which is finite in that it has a defined
beginning and ending, and which is undertaken to create a unique
product or service.
Initiating a project
Planning the project
Executing the project/plan
Controlling execution of the project/plan
Closing the project
DEFINITIONS
Project Management’s THREE elements
The capacity to marshal resources, lay out plans, program work and spur
effort for a temporary endeavor which is finite in that it has a defined
beginning and ending, and which is undertaken to create a unique
product or service.
Tasks
Resources
Time
DEFINITIONS
Project Management success factors
The capacity to marshal resources, lay out plans, program work and spur
effort for a temporary endeavor which is finite in that it has a defined
beginning and ending, and which is undertaken to create a unique
product or service.
On time delivery
Within budget delivery
High quality delivery
This Concludes Today’s
Presentation
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