ieee project management for computer society march 2015
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Audience .
• How many of you are programmers?
.• How long have you been
programming?
.• What other job
titles/roles?
.• How many PMI
members?
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Goal & AgendaMeeting Goal Agenda:• To provide a deeper understanding of
the importance of Project Management.
• To provide tips on how to make projects successful.
• What is Project Management?• Why is PM needed?• Skills of Project Management• How do you tell a project is failing?• What can you do to help make projects
successful?
IEEE Mission: IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
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What is Project Management?
KnowledgeSkills
Techniques Tools
Project:
See http://www.pmi.org/About-Us/About-Us-What-is-Project-Management.aspx
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Project Activities
Does Project Management fit with Agile or other methodologies?
Project Management:
Stakeholder NeedsExpectations
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Why is Project Management Needed?.
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Project Management Benefits and SkillsBenefits Provides clear roles, responsibilities, activities and
schedules for team efforts Includes a method for considering the
consequences of decreasing or increasing funds, resources, time, or quality
Specifies a detailed plan of how to achieve our objectives
Assists in the realistic assignments of tasks and responsibilities to team members according to the skills and resources available
Gives structure to communicating the progress of projects
Allows teams to identify potential problems and take preventive action early
Keeps management officers and project stakeholders well-informed and supportive
Helps manage pressure for expanding the scope of projects without proper decision criteria and analysis of changes
Skills
Communication: listening, persuading, negotiatingOrganizational: planning, goal-setting, analyzingTeam building: empathy, motivation, team spiritLeadership: sets example, energetic, vision, delegates, positive attitudeCoping: flexibility, creativity, patience, persistenceTechnical: experience, project knowledge
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How do you tell if a project is failing?PM BOK Section 2.2.3 Project SuccessSince projects are temporary in nature, the success of the project should be measured in terms of completing the project within the constraints of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk as approved between the project managers and senior management….Project success should be referred to the last baselines approved by the authorized stakeholdersWhat are the top 10 reason projects fail?Reason #10 – Monitoring and ControllingReason #9 – Lack of Team Planning SessionsReason #8 – The Accidental Project ManagerReason #7 – Unsupported Project CultureReason #6 – No Risk Management
Reason #5 – Unreliable EstimatesReason #4 –Bad Stakeholder ManagementReason #3 – Poor CommunicationsReason #2 – Over-allocated ResourcesReason #1 – Scope Creep
http://project-management.com/top-10-reasons-why-projects-fail/
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What can you do to make projects successful?PM BOK Section 2.2.3 Project Success
To ensure realization of benefits for the undertaken project, a test period (such as soft launch in services) can be part of the total project time before handing it over to the permanent operations.
Manage the “triple constraints” Leverage ITIL Phases
Quality/Scope how good?
Cost how much? Time
how fast?
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Summary• PM is…
• Good PM is reflected in the skills of…
• Make a project successful by…
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project. Project Activities
Managing the Triple Constraints and leveraging ITIL
Communication, Organizational Planning, Team Building, Leadership, Coping, Experience
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References• PMI – PM Book of Knowledge – http://www.pmi.org• IEEE Project Management On-line Course
http://ieeeboston.org/high-performance-project-management-online-course/• ITIL Best Practices: https://www.axelos.com/
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Thank You
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Backup Slides
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Past presentations• One presentation on Agile but no others on methodologies• Big Data• In Sports• Tools
• Rasberry Pi (w/robotics SIG)• Cloud• Security