Chapter 1 : Introduction to Project Management Disscussion Question 1. Briefly describe some key events in the history of project management. What role does the Project Management Institute and other professional societies play in helping the profession? Key events: ▪ Manhattan Project which the U.S. military led to develop the atomic bomb. Costs almost $2 billion in 1946. ▪ New Los Alamos laboratory 1946‚project management was recognized as a distinct
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Project Planning‚ Management and Control Table of Contents 1 Heading 1 – Discuss how effective project control is a combination of Earned Value Management with carefully judged management reaction to this and other information. 2 1.1 Heading 2 – Project control 2 1.1.1 Heading 3 – Definition and significance of project control 2 1.1.2 Heading 4 – Evaluation of effective project control 3 2.1 Heading 5 – Earned Value Management 4 2.1.1 Heading 6 – Definition of Earned Value Management 4
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completing the course on project management‚ your class professor suggested one could offer electronic support for weddings. You form a small group‚ decide on a name for your start-up company‚ and give it a try. To your surprise‚ your online ad is answered by a busy working couple planning a wedding in 2014. However they want a proper proposal with times‚ costs and details before going further. Fortunately from your project management course you know the 10 steps to a project proposal: Background
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OMGT6333 – Project Management Final Term Project: Planning a Wedding Table of Contents Problem Statement | | Assumptions | | Alternatives | | Alternative 1: Wedding Planner | | Alternative 2: Elope | | Alternative 3: Family Only Wedding | | Project Statement of Work | | Strategic Importance of The Project | | Stakeholder Analysis | | Scope Management | | Time Management | | Cost Management | | Works Cited | | Problem Statement In 2011‚ the average
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1. Introduction In this essay there is in-depth discussion about the function on planning. The importance of planning‚ and why it is required in every managerial activity is brought out by this essay. The nature and is effects on the other managerial functions. The various situations and problems faced if planning fails. 2. The importance of planning in the modern world: In the dynamic environment of the modern world‚ time is considered as money. One needs to be at the right place at the right
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Project Plan Forecast "A project monitoring system involves determining what data to collect; how‚ when‚ and who will collect the data; analysis of the data; and reporting current progress. Gray and Larson (2006)." A communications plan. addressing how progress will be reported to the various project sponsors and executives "When giving a status report to superiors‚ project managers must present the most positive image possible without stretching the truth. They should adapt their communication
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Management Planning Management Planning According to Halliburton.com (2013)‚ “Founded in 1919‚ Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. … Halliburton comprises 13 product service lines (PSLs). The PSLs operate in two divisions: Drilling and Evaluation‚ and Completion and Production” (para. 1-2). This is a company that needs to put the best strategic plan in place that will plan effectively for the future of the company that will make
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Unit4: Planning Meaning and Definition of Planning Planning is the primary function of management. It focuses on the future course of action. It specifies the objectives to be achieved in future and selects the alternative course of action to reach defined objectives. It also involves many activities like analyzing and decision making about technical‚ personnel‚ financial‚ and other elements essential to implement predetermined course of action. Thus‚ planning is mental and paper activities
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product of assured commercial success: A long-term antiseptic. Management has instructed Singer’s Antiseptic Division to make a market entry at the earliest possible time; they have requested a complete plan up to the startup of production. Project responsibility is assigned to the division’s research and development group; Mike Richards‚ the project scientist who developed the product is assigned responsibility for project management. Assistance will be required from other parts of the company:
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NINE | | Planning Tools and Techniques | 9 | | | | | Lecture Outline | | | IntroductionTechniques for Assessing the EnvironmentEnvironmental ScanningForecastingForecasting TechniquesForecasting EffectivenessBenchmarkingTechniques for Allocating ResourcesBudgetingRevenue BudgetsExpense BudgetsProfit BudgetsCash BudgetsSchedulingGantt ChartsLoad ChartsPERT Network AnalysisBreakeven AnalysisLinear ProgrammingContemporary Planning TechniquesProject ManagementProject Management ProcessThe
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