Chapter 16 Project planning and control Source: Arup Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations Management 5th Edition © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers‚ and Robert Johnston 2007 Project planning and control Project planning and control The market requires … specified time‚ quality and cost of a project The operation supplies … the delivery of the project on time‚ to specification and to budget Design Operations strategy Operations management Improvement Planning and control Slack
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or renewed interest in the field of project management? IT is growing at a rapid rate and with that growth demands people to manage this growth. People I think are more trained to be project managers and also there is new software that helps tremendously with the management part of the tasks. So demand is up‚ skilled workers are up‚ and the cost benefit is there for this renewed interest. 2. What is a project‚ and what are its main attributes? How is a project different from what most people do
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Project Management Plan Template This document is an annotated outline for a Project Management Plan‚ adapted from the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and IEEE Standard for Project Management Plans. The Project Management Plan is considered to be a “Best Practice” template by the ETS Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO). The template is designed to address items for all sizes of projects. For small projects‚ it may be appropriate to omit sections. For unique projects
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Project ManagementTop Down/Bottom Up methods Consensus methods Snr/middle managers’ guess total project time & cost Discussing/arguing to reach a decision on best guestimates Firms seeking greater precision: Delphi Method: Group decision process of chance of certain events occurring Exp. familiar with project use insight/exp. guessing project costs/times Ratio methods Macro methods use ratios to guess time & cost E.g. contractors using no. of sq. ft. to guess cost/time to build
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1. Discuss the reasons why IT projects fail. Although there are many contributing factors to project failure‚ there are six common factors. 1. Undeveloped Project Goals: Poor project planning will almost always lead to failure. One main reason for this failure is the inability to agree on the missions‚ goals‚ or objectives that the project is attempting to undertake. It is necessary that specific plans and requirements for the project are instituted in the development phase. Failure to do this
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Contents Project Delays‚ Disruptions‚ and Changes 2 TYPES OF PROJECT DELAYS 2 Delays fall into three general categories: 2 Excusable/Non-Compensable Delays 2 Compensable (Owner Caused) Delay 2 Non Excusable (Contractor Caused) Delay 3 DOCUMENTATION OF DELAYS‚ DISRUPTIONS AND CHANGES 3 The Current State of Washington Law Regarding Notice. 3 Proposed procedure and process 5 Proposed Legislation 6 DAMAGES FOR DELAY - New Developments 6 RCW 4.24.360 6 In the Scoccolo case 6 The City’s
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CAPSTONE PROJECT WRITING GUIDE Chapter | Subsections | What to write | Sample Output | Introduction | 1.1 Project Context | a. Set the basic context * What is the big picture for the problem you are working with? b. State the research Question * What will you do in your project and what problem will you solve? c. Summarize your approach *how will you do that? | Cloud computing is considered to be a new computing paradigm where applications‚ data and Information Technology services
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Technology Projects‚ Sixth Edition Schwalbe Note: See the text itself for full citations. Understand the growing need for better project management‚ especially for information technology projects Explain what a project is‚ provide examples of information technology projects‚ list various attributes of projects‚ and describe the triple constraint of projects Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework‚ including project stakeholders
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ASSIGNMENT | February 10 2011 | SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED BY ALL THE STUDENTS OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION | | EVEN AND ODD SIGNAL QUESTIONS Sketch the following signals and determine and sketch their even and odd componenets: 1) x(t)=0.8t;0≤t≤40;otherwise 2) x(t)=1;0≤n≤40;otherwise 3) x(t)=10e-2tu(t) 4) x(t)=n for 1≤n≤30;otherwise 5) x(t)=sint+2sint+2sin2tcost 6) x(t)=cost + sin t + cost sin t 7)
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1.DEFINE ERP? 1. ERP is an acronym for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a software system driven process of managing all resources‚ and their use‚ in an enterprise in a coordinated manner. 2. “ERP is a set of integrated business applications‚ or modules which carry out business functions.” 3. ERP utilizes ERP software applications to improve the performance of organizations’ resource planning‚ management control and operational control. 4. ERP software is multi-module application
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