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Project Management
Amar Hijazi, Majed Alameel, Mona Almohaid
Lecture #10IT Project
Management
What is Project Management?
Project : A group of milestones or phases, activities or tasks that support an effort to accomplish something
Management : is the process of
Planning, Organizing, Controlling
and Measuring
Project...• A collection of linked activities, carried out in an
organized manner, with a clearly defined START POINT and END POINT to achieve some specific results desired to satisfy the needs of the organization at the current time
A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create
• a unique product or service
• It has a definite beginning and an end
• The result of a project is a product or service
Project...
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Project Attributes
• Has a unique purpose.• Is temporary.• Is developed using progressive elaboration.• Requires resources, often from various
areas.• Should have a primary customer or
sponsor.• The project sponsor usually provides the
direction and funding for the project.• Involves uncertainty.
Project management
What is it?
• It is the planning, scheduling, and controlling of project activities to achieve performance, cost, and time objectives
Can we say?
Managing a project means taking control and completing it with the least pain, expense, and casualties
What does Project Management Require?
• Planning: Is the most critical and gets the least amount of our time
• Organizing: Order (Dependent/Prerequisites) to ensure that elements of the project are properly coordinated
• Controlling: Is critical if we are to use our limited resources wisely
• Measuring: To determine if we accomplished the goal or met the target?
Initiating phase
Meeting client and determining overview of the project
Negotiating the basic terms of the contract
Gathering the project team
Planning phase
Begins with project definition
Develop a mission statement for the project
Delegate team roles
The project life cycle
Executing phase
The design, testing and building of the project
Involves complex team activities
Issue: how and when to involve users and clients
Controlling phase
Project roll-out
Live testing and feedback
Change, if necessary
Maintenance and change management
Closing phase
Consequences of not using PM
· DELAY· COST· WASTE OF RESOURCES· QUALITY· DISSATISFACTION· REPUTATION
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Important Project Success Factors
1. Executive support2. User involvement3. Experienced project manager4. Clear business objectives5. Minimized scope6. Reliable estimates
Project Stakeholder
• Doers — those who are active participants in the work of the project.• Funders — those who provide financial and other resources.• Customers — those
who will use theproduct of theproject.
Project Stakeholder (cont’d)
• Dependents — those who need an interim work item from the project.
• Sustainers — those who will support the product of the project in use.• Auditors — those who will verify compliance with applicable
standards.• In-laws — those who are affected by the actions of the other
stakeholders.
Project Management….
Work Smart Not Hard !!!