Project Management Project management is a way of managing change‚ on everything from planning a wedding‚ the Olympics‚ educational goals‚ or improving business practices. It describes the activities that meet specific objectives to introduce a specified task or improve new or existing products and services. Effective projects have effective leaders and workers. And‚ effective project management requires a skilled project manager‚ and a vision‚ along with the resources‚ money‚ and time
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Chapter 13 Project Management © 2008 Prentice-Hall‚ Inc. Introduction Most realistic projects are large and complex Tens of thousands of steps and millions of dollars may be involved Managing large-scale‚ complicated projects effectively is a difficult problem and the stakes are high The first step in planning and scheduling a project is to develop the work breakdown structure Time‚ cost‚ resource requirements‚ predecessors‚ and people required are identified for each
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DOWNLOAD PROJ 592 Project Cost and Schedule Control Week‚ TCOs‚ and Topics Readings Assignments Week 1 TCOs A & B Project Definition‚ WBS‚ and Cost Project Management for Business‚ Engineering and Technology Chapter 5: Planning Fundamentals (pp.157-195) Earned Value Project Management Chapter 6: Scope the Project (pp.47-61) You Decide Graded Discussion Topics Week 2 TCOs B & C Financial Plan Project Management for Business‚ Engineering and Technology Chapter 8: Cost Estimating
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To make cost estimates‚ project managers use cost analysis; a discipline that attempts to forecast the ultimate cost of a project. The difficulty about this analysis‚ especially for complex projects‚ is that there are a lot of uncertainties about cost items such as technology‚ productivity of human resources‚ economic conditions‚ market conditions‚ prices‚ inflation and other future risks and events. In general uncertainty occurs for a number of reasons: • Uniqueness (no similar experience) ⁎ Corresponding
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Chapter 1 Review Question 1. Define a project. What are five characteristics that help differentiate projects from other function carried out in the daily operations of the organization? A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result. Five characteristics: 1. An established objective. 2. A defined life span with a beginning and an end. 3. Usually‚ the involvement of several department and professionals. 4. Typically‚ doing something that has never
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1.4‚ 1.5 1. What documentation could you expect to receive when you are asked to undertake a project? Apart from the written documentation‚ you might need to obtain additional information. What could this be? Why is it important to get all this information before you start your project? Your Answer: You could expect to receive a copy of the contract or agreement‚ the project brief and project plans. You will also need to know who your stakeholders are and what outcomes are expected‚ the reporting
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The Process for the Software Project Management Plan CEC500: Software Project Management Mr. Frank Gutcher Team 5: Junzhen Shao Yuze Jiang Ren Zhang Table of ContentsTitle PageTable of ContentsChange historyOver viewReference1 Managerial Process Plan 1.1 Start-up Plan 1.1.1 Pre-task plan 1.1.2 Estimation Plan 1.1.3 Staffing Plan 1.1.4 Staff Training Plan 1.2 Work Plan 1.2.1Schedule Allocation Plan 1.2.2Resource Allocation plan
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construction projects and I.T Projects INTRODUCTION Over the past few years‚ project managers and Project management has shown tremendous growth. Project management has evolved over the past several years from an activity in an organization to a discipline in its own right. Many professional bodies exist today to represent project management as a discipline‚ Some of which include‚ PMI‚ Prince2 Foundation‚ PM Bok. According to A Guide to the Project Management
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Homework What does it mean to take a systems view of a project? How does taking a systems view of a project apply to project management? Through a systems perspective‚ you will view a particular project in terms of how the project will fit with the system and also how one can better the project for the particular system. Explain the four frames of organizations. How can they help project managers understand the organizational context for their projects? Structural Focuses on roles and
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customized computers in a quick manner and with a reasonable price. Customers can visit the Dell website and configure the PC they desired and see the cost options they selected. Once the order was finalized‚ Dell would then start the building of that customized computer to meet the customer’s selection and ship the finished product directly from the manufacturing facility to the customer. The customer expectation was they would get the designed computer they selected at the price point and Dell would ship
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