Intro to Project Management
Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management
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11.
9.
9 Project
Management
Knowledge Areas
Figure 1-2
Project
Management
Framework
Knowledge areas describe the key competencies that project managers must develop 4 core knowledge areas lead to specific project objectives (scope, time, cost, and quality) 4 facilitating knowledge areas are the means through which the project objectives are achieved (human resources, communication, risk, and procurement management
1 knowledge area (project integration management) affects and is affected by all of the other knowledge areas
All knowledge areas are important!
9 Knowledge Areas or Core Functions
Scope Management, Time Management,
Cost Management, Quality Management,
Human Resource Management, Risk
Management, Procurement
Management.
8.
10.
Project managers Project managers strive to meet the triple constraint by balancing project scope, time, and cost goals
Project
Stakeholders
Stakeholders are the people involved in or affected by project activities
Stakeholders include:
The project sponsor
The project manager
The project team
Support staff
Customers
Users
Suppliers
Opponents to the project
12.
Super tools
Software for task scheduling (such as project management software)
Scope statements
Requirements analyses
Lessons-learned reports
Project Integration Management
1.
IT Projects have a terrible track record, as described in the
What Went
Wrong?
A 1995 Standish Group study (CHAOS) found that only 16.2% of IT projects were successful in meeting scope, time, and cost goals; over 31% of IT projects were canceled before completion
A PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that overall, half of all projects fail and only 2.5% of corporations consistently meet their targets for scope, time, and cost goals for all types of project
5.
3.
4.
Program
Group of related projects managed
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11.
9.
9 Project
Management
Knowledge Areas
Figure 1-2
Project
Management
Framework
Knowledge areas describe the key competencies that project managers must develop 4 core knowledge areas lead to specific project objectives (scope, time, cost, and quality) 4 facilitating knowledge areas are the means through which the project objectives are achieved (human resources, communication, risk, and procurement management
1 knowledge area (project integration management) affects and is affected by all of the other knowledge areas
All knowledge areas are important!
9 Knowledge Areas or Core Functions
Scope Management, Time Management,
Cost Management, Quality Management,
Human Resource Management, Risk
Management, Procurement
Management.
8.
10.
Project managers Project managers strive to meet the triple constraint by balancing project scope, time, and cost goals
Project
Stakeholders
Stakeholders are the people involved in or affected by project activities
Stakeholders include:
The project sponsor
The project manager
The project team
Support staff
Customers
Users
Suppliers
Opponents to the project
12.
Super tools
Software for task scheduling (such as project management software)
Scope statements
Requirements analyses
Lessons-learned reports
Project Integration Management
1.
IT Projects have a terrible track record, as described in the
What Went
Wrong?
A 1995 Standish Group study (CHAOS) found that only 16.2% of IT projects were successful in meeting scope, time, and cost goals; over 31% of IT projects were canceled before completion
A PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that overall, half of all projects fail and only 2.5% of corporations consistently meet their targets for scope, time, and cost goals for all types of project
5.
3.
4.
Program
Group of related projects managed