Total quality management
1. Why is there a new or renewed interest in the field of project management?
Organisations are realising that much of the work they do is actually project based and as more and more of these projects end up with time, cost and scope over runs there is the increasing need for robust project management techniques within many organisations
2. What is a project, and what are its main attributes? How is a project different from what most people do in their day-to-day jobs?
A project is a temporary endevour with the goal of producing a unique product, service or result. Most day to day jobs are process driven and to not have the discrete boudries required to define a project
3. What is project management? Briefly describe the project management framework, providing examples of stakeholders, knowledge areas, tools and techniques and project success factors.
Project management is "the application of the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements" project stakeholders are all those effected by the project. Project sponsor, customers, team memebers, suppliers, users. There are 9 project management knowledge areas according to the PMI PMBOK, these are
1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Quality
5. Integration
6. Communications
7. HR
8. Risk
9. Procurement
Tools and techniques include the internal processes, templates, procedures, tools such as Gantt charts, project diagrams, flow charts, critical path analysis, software tools.
Project success factors include meeting the triple constraint, the project has satisfied the customers expectations, the project made an overall less measureable goal of keeping a sponsor happy, saving money or providing a good return on investment.
4. What is a program? What is a project portfolio? Discuss the relationship between projects, programs and portfolio management and the contributions they make to the enterprise success. A program is a collection of related
Organisations are realising that much of the work they do is actually project based and as more and more of these projects end up with time, cost and scope over runs there is the increasing need for robust project management techniques within many organisations
2. What is a project, and what are its main attributes? How is a project different from what most people do in their day-to-day jobs?
A project is a temporary endevour with the goal of producing a unique product, service or result. Most day to day jobs are process driven and to not have the discrete boudries required to define a project
3. What is project management? Briefly describe the project management framework, providing examples of stakeholders, knowledge areas, tools and techniques and project success factors.
Project management is "the application of the knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements" project stakeholders are all those effected by the project. Project sponsor, customers, team memebers, suppliers, users. There are 9 project management knowledge areas according to the PMI PMBOK, these are
1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Quality
5. Integration
6. Communications
7. HR
8. Risk
9. Procurement
Tools and techniques include the internal processes, templates, procedures, tools such as Gantt charts, project diagrams, flow charts, critical path analysis, software tools.
Project success factors include meeting the triple constraint, the project has satisfied the customers expectations, the project made an overall less measureable goal of keeping a sponsor happy, saving money or providing a good return on investment.
4. What is a program? What is a project portfolio? Discuss the relationship between projects, programs and portfolio management and the contributions they make to the enterprise success. A program is a collection of related