Business Project

Management Methods

Edita BasovaKey Account ManagerHans Tørsleff Management systems

Outline

• What is a Project?• What is Project Management? • Project Management Methodologies• Agile Project Management • Prince 2• PMI• Comparison

What is a Project?

• is an exception to routine; and has specific goals and timescales

What is Project Management?

“Project Management is the shared set of values, principles, processes and techniques – the governance – which is used by the project’s management team (not just the project manager) to deliver a successful project”

What is Project Management?

“Project management is getting things done through others”

What is Project Management?

“The controlled implementation of defined change.”

Six Phases of Project Management

Initiation phase (Idea) Definition phase (What?) Design phase (How?) Development phase (How to implement?) Implementation phase (Implementation) Follow-up phase (Maintenance)

Six Phases of Project Managemet

1. Enthusiasm2. Disillusionment3. Panic and hysteria4. Search for the guilty5. Punishment of the innocent6. Praise and rewards for the non-participants.

Project Methodologies

These are processes, making use of specific tools, that are followed by the project manager and team.

Agile Project Management

Alternative to traditional Project Management

Typically used in software development

Embraces Change Reduces Complexity Short-term deliveries

Agile Project Management

SCRUM

An agile methodology

Helps organizations to: Increase the quality of the deliverables• Cope better with change (and expect the

changes) • Provide better estimates while spending less time

creating them• Be more in control of the project schedule and

state

SCRUM

Prince 2

A process-based method for effective project management

Used extensively in UK and Australia

Focuses on the delivery of products rather than carrying out activities

Prince 2

A Prince 2 project has the following characteristics: • A finite and definite lifecycle • A corresponding set of activities to

achieve the business products • A definite amount of recourses • An organizational structure, with defined

responsibilities, to manage the project

Prince 2

Prince 2

PMI

World’s leading not-for-profit project management professional association

PMI has over 200,000 members in 150 countries worldwide

Based on PMBOK

Certifications

PMI

PMI

Comparison SCRUM/PRINCE 2/PMI

PROS CONS

SCRUM • Flexibility• Substantial risk

reduction

• Not fully grasped

PRINCE 2 • Single standard approach

• Easy to use

• Lack of “soft skills”

PMI • Substantial framework • A reference guide

• PM as decision maker