CHAPTER 1 What Is a Project? Things are not always what they seem. — Phaedrus‚ Roman writer and fabulist CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: N Define a project N List a project’s characteristics N Distinguish a project from a program‚ activity‚ and task N Understand the three parameters that constrain a project N Know the importance of defining and using a project classification rule N Understand the issues around scope creep‚ hope creep‚ effort creep
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Managing Mega Projects - The Experiences Of KLIA By Tan Sri Dato’ Prof. Ir. Jamilus Hussein and Prof. Dr. Shafie Karimin Editor’s note: This article was published in The Ingenieur Sept-Nov 2006 issue and is reproduced courtesy of the Board of Engineers‚ Malaysia. N o one‚ especially in the a viation fraternit y‚ would have thought and believed that a small group of Malaysian professionals w ould have been able to deliver successfully The KL International Airport ( KLIA) project to the Government
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Project Proposal Our initial Statement of Need showed the City of Lompoc having many neighborhoods without parks. There were no neighborhood parks where the children of the community could congregate and have picnics and barbeques. The Lompoc city Council decided to budget for the landscaping and construction of two community parks. One would be located on the North East and one located on the South East side of the city. Providing the additional city parks would enable communities from both
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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 Regency Plaza Project under numerous theories of project management and the decisions‚ conclusions which can be arrived through the comprehensive analysis. A brief introduction about the project being analyzed is provided to identify the key aspects of the specific project in context. The plan of analyzing the Regency Plaza project is discussed in brief under three topics of project management with elements of theory and frameworks of the same used in analyzing the project. In the analysis section
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Part 1 The six steps in decision-making process are: 1. Define the problem - This is the first step towards a decision-making procedure. Problem exists whenever a decision is being made. 2. Collecting the data - In making the best decisions‚ managers need to have the ideal resources such as information‚ resources‚ and time available. Therefore‚ they need to collect all these data. 3. Identifying the alternatives - Appropriate alternatives needs
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SYSTEMS IM 3045: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL TASK 1 APPLICATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Project management principle determines its transferability across different industries. This study compared construction‚ information systems‚ and human resources‚ and accounting utilities industries with respect to typical project size‚ project management uncertainties‚ and qualifications of project managers. Results from the study found 80% of project management tasks being general
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Technology Projects Global Technology Solutions 1 Introduction 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 The Software Crisis 4 Why IT Projects Fail 4 Improving the Likelihood of Success 6 A Socio-Technical Approach 6 A Project-Management Approach 7 A Knowledge-Management Approach 8 The Context of Project Management 9 What Is a Project? 9 Attributes of a Project 9 The Project Life Cycle and IT Development Define Project Goal 12 Plan Project 13 Execute Project Plan 13 Close Project 14 Evaluate Project 14 The
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contained in the Project Charter? b) What phase is the Project Scope produced? What are some of the items contained in this document? c) What phase is the WBS produced? A; a) The project charter is the planning team’s concise statement of core goals‚ values‚ and intent in order to provide the ultimate policy direction for everything that comes next. Items contained in project charter are; 1. Project title should be concise and create a vision for the end result of the project. 2. Purpose summarizes
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the societal forces that have contributed to the need for project management. Exponential expansion of human knowledge‚ increasing number of demands or global consumption‚ managing complex projects are societal forces that had contributed to the need for project management. Increase in the demand or the global consumption leads to the need of strong project management due to which it is leading to brainstorming for making the given project possible in a successful manner‚ this is ultimately leading
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