1 chapter 12 - project management me101 dr. nhut tan ho
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Chapter 12 - Project Management
ME101Dr. Nhut Tan Ho
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Lecture Objectives and Activities
Discuss the importance and components of project planning
Introduce tools for planning and managing project
Active learning activities group-assignment: Create GANNT
charts
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Introduction
“Failure to plan is planning to fail.” A good plan is one of the most
important attributes of successful teams and projects.
Projects should be organized systematically.
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Eight Questions that can be Addressed with a Plan What does your team do first? What should come next? How many people do you need to
accomplish the tasks? What resources do you need? How long will it take? When can your team get the tasks
completed? When will the project be finished? How do we know we’re done with project?
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Creating a Project Charter First step: a project summary defining
what your project is and when you will know when it is done
Elements include Deliverables Planning information
Tasks and time needed Milestones Personnel and roles Budget
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Task Definitions and Organization Identify the completion tasks to achieve
the objectives and outcomes. Example: Plan Design Build Deliver
Determine task relationships and sequencing
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Defining Times Include the full time needed for tasks As a student, you don’t have a full
eight-hour work day every day Break tasks into week segments
Weekday and/or weekend Class periods
Break tasks into short time periods Be conservative with your time
estimates
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Milestones
Deadlines for deliverables Monitoring of your plans progress Completion of subcomponents
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Project Evaluation and Planning Technique (PERT) Charts
Each task is represented by a box containing a brief description of and duration for the task
The boxes can be laid out just as the project plan is laid out
Useful as a “what if” tool during planning stages
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PERT Chart Example: Complete BS ME Degree in 4 Years
StartME Program
Complete Math, Physics, Chemistry Courses
1 year
Complete ME, EE, CE Courses
3 years
Complete GE Courses2 years
CompleteME Program
• Critical path (in red) is the longest string of dependent project tasks• Tasks on critical path will hold up project completion if there are delayed
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PERT Chart Example
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Gantt Charts
Popular project management charting method for people to understand your team’s progress relative to your plan
Horizontal bar chart Tasks vs. dates Example GANTT Chart
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Team Activity: GANTT Chart
Examine the sample GANTT Chart in the Design Packet (page 13) and create a GANTT Chart for your project (30 minutes)
Present your chart to the class (5 minutes)
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Details, Details
Remember Murphy’s Law - “Anything that can go wrong, will.”
Leave time to fix debug or fix errors Don’t assume things will fit
together the first time Leave time for parts malfunction
and order/delivery
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Personnel Distribution
Get the right people on the right tasks Assign people after developing a draft
of the plan Balance the work between everyone Weekly updates – does everyone
understand what they’re doing and is everyone still on task?
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Team Roles Roles
Project Leader or Monitor Liaison Others: Procurement/Financial officer
Project Documentation Document milestones as they occur Leave time at the end for reviewing,
not writing
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Lecture Recap: Project Management Engineering projects are complex,
requiring systematic project management Tasks must come together to meet
deadlines and satisfy requirements
Next lecture: Engineering Design Process This week assignment: Teamwork for
problems 12.1-12.9
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