Project Management Fundamentals WELCOME Slide 1 UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS Slide 2 UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS Course Structure INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS INITIATION 2 Slide 3 1 PLANNING EXECUTION AND CONTROL CLOSURE 3 4 5 UNIT 1 – INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS Welcome to the KION Project Management Fundamentals Course • Objectives:
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Federal Radar On the morning of November 14‚ Sharon Taylor‚ Space Warning Network (SPAWN) Program Manager‚ was getting ready for a private meeting with Paul Shaifer‚ President of the Federal Rader Corporation (FedRad). Mr. Shaifer had scheduled the meeting to discuss the problems that had plagued the company’s important SPAWN Program during its first year and a half. These problems‚ which included unauthorized design changes and Taylor’s inability to control the program’s cost‚ schedule‚ and technical
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The Business School Advanced Project Management What is project management? Amy Callanan Total word count: 1055 What is project management? As the nature of project management continues to change over time‚ it has been difficult to define project management (Shepherd and Atkinson 2011). This paper aims to identify various definitions and factors which form project management in order to create a suitable definition of what project management is in today’s dynamic business environment
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FINAL EXAM MGT 5088 Project and Program Risk Management Susan H. Davenport August 6‚ 2009 1. Discuss Risk Process and Practices. Why do professionals mandate Risk Management? a) Discuss Risk Process and Practices. Project Managers must determine the success criteria for managing a project to identify risks that could possibly impede customer requirements. Risk Management is a disciplined‚ systematic process to obtain the maximum benefits associated
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objectives and forms of good. But I suggest that these other objectives and forms of good will be found‚ on analysis‚ to be ways or combinations of ways of pursuing (not always sensibly) and realizing (not always successfully) one of the seven basic forms of good‚ or some combination of them. What does Finnis mean here by a basic form of good? Discuss whether this list of seven basic forms of good neglects anything important about what makes life worth living. By basic form of good‚ Finnis
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What is Project Management? Project management is more complicated and extensive than people think. One definition of project management is “the process of guiding a project from its beginning through its performance to its closure.” There are three operations that project management entails: planning‚ controlling‚ and organizing. These operations are seen from beginning to end. In project management it is important to keep many challenges of project management in mind so you can control‚ plan
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What is Management? 1. Describe what management is Management is EFFICIENCY and EFFECTIVENESS – Getting work done through others 2. Explain four functions of management Planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling 3. Describe different kinds of managers Top managers‚ Middle‚ Managers‚ First-Line Managers‚ Team leaders 4. Explain the majour roles and sub-roles that managers perform in their jobs. Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles Interpersonal – Figurehead‚ leader‚ liaison Informational
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Exam #1 Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Identify the five major characteristics of a project. a. An established objective b. A defined life span with a beginning and an end c. Usually‚ the involvement of several departments and professionals d. Typically‚ doing something that has never been done before e. Specific time‚ cost‚ and performance requirements 2. Identify and briefly describe the six factors that are increasing the demand for project management.
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Purpose: What is the purpose of this exercise? The purpose of this lab is focus towards testing our reflexes and sensory physiology. We use these every day but we rarely do understand how much they contribute to our ability to function normally. A reflex is a rapid‚ involuntary motor response to stimuli. We will be conducting several experiments to test our reflexes throughout this lab. Are there any safety concerns associated with this exercise? If so‚ list what they are and what precautions
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2011-05-03 Basics of Management Classes for Bachelor Studies in Finance Janusz Marek Lichtarski‚ PhD. E-mail: janusz.lichtarski@ue.wroc.pl Projekt współfinansowany z Unii Europejskiej w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego BASICS OF MANAGEMENT Management can be seen as: art – means that management require special characteristics‚ skills and attitudes. Manager as an artist sometimes should base on his intuition and talent practice – means that it is practical activity -
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