[pic] Topic 1: Define project What is a project? A project is the defined set of planned and managed activities carried out for a period of time — with a defined start and end date. A project is designed to yield a set of products or services as agreed with the project clients and stakeholders. It has a lifecycle which is the process by which the project is undertaken. Five features that differentiate projects from ordinary work are that they:
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Understanding Project Management Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter‚ you should be able to: • • focus • • Identify the differences between functional and project management. Explain why project management is necessary in business today. Name the major organizational structures and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each. Identify the requirements of an effective project management system. Many people become project managers by accident. Someone assigns them to manage a project because
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The Project Plan Project Name Constructing a school Managers Name Aleysha Smith‚ Valeria Leonova Project start date 20/10/2013 Project close date 20/02/2014 Table of Content Topics Page no Project Summary The project summary should address the following questions‚ in the following order: Project description
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The Jaguar project was not as successful as it should have been‚ not because of bad people or bad processes‚ but because top management failed to provide the cultural and institutional training necessary to effectively implement these substantive cultural changes. Unlike the TQM implementation‚ there was no top management directive to make the cultural value changes to require/mandate/motivate people utilize the new Jaguar process management tools and take ownership in the new technologies‚ strategies
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of Project Management Looking for a way to stay ahead of the pack in today’s competitive and chaotic global economy‚ companies are turning to project management to consistently deliver business results. Disciplined project management starts at the portfolio level‚ where the strategic vision drives initial investments and where value measures are established. A fully aligned project‚ program and portfolio management strategy encompasses the entire organization‚ dictating project execution
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PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide by Joseph Phillips ISBN:0072230622 McGraw-Hill © 2004 (588 pages) This book shows you not only what‚ but how to study for the PMP exam. With 100% complete coverage of all exam objectives and simulated questions‚ this guide covers project initiation‚ scope management‚ quality assurance‚ and more. CD Content Table of Contents PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide Introduction Part I - Project Initiation Ch apt - Introducing Project Management
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Project Attributes A project has a unique purpose. Every project should have a well-defined objective. For example‚ Anne Roberts‚ the Director of the Project Management Office in the opening case‚ might sponsor an information technology collaboration project to develop a list and initial analysis of potential information technology projects that might improve operations for the company. The unique purpose of this project would be to create a collaborative report with ideas from people throughout
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ASSIGNMENT 3 Project managers are the people responsible for coordinating actions of the project team member to attain project objectives. This includes scheduling‚ implementation and direction the people‚ resources and capacity of the project. They have the authority to create clear and realistic objectives and to look them through successful completion. To meet the project desire project management is the appliance of knowledge‚ skills‚ tools and techniques to project activities. Project managers
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TASK - 01 1.1 ) According to the given scenario explain the importance of project management principals. As a member of “DMS SOLUTIONS &PM Consultancy” I can say about project management principals its very important keep the quality of project management. For this scenario its apply in many ways. 1. Projects are temporary. You can’t consider a project to be that thing that you’re going to do every day for the rest of your career. Instead‚ it’s something that creates a particular product
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Introduction The project execution phase of the Project Management Lifecycle is exactly where the work gets done. This is the third phase of the project management life cycle‚ after Initiation and planning phase project enter into execution phase. In this phase literally project get start to build. Whether it is the building house of a project‚ changing a process project‚ or anything kind of project in between‚ where we can say that the work has begun. Figure 1: Project Management Execution Phase
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