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(PLM Module Fourteen)(PLM Module Fourteen)(PLM Module Fourteen)(PLM Module Fourteen)

William Krug

Copyright 1999 Project Management Insititute

Project-management competencies

• Planning and organizing individual work to correspond to team schedules

• Developing and using methods to report progress and problems

• Monitoring and controlling costs

• Taking action to get back on track

• Documenting and sharing individual learning


Reasons for…

• Competence in project management facilitates autonomy and collaboration and coordination.

• Good project management techniques can enhance performance.

• Coordination and collaboration include carefully planning and scheduling work, keeping commitments, and reporting work progress.


Project Management Definitions

The application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to meet the demands of the project.

• A project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product of service.”

• A “statement of work” is a narrative description of products or services to be supplied under contract.


Project Life Cycle

• Initial Phase

– Concept and Proposal

• Intermediate Phase

– Development

– Implementation

– Verification

• Final Phase

– Termination


Initiation Process

• Input– Product description

– Strategic plan

– Project selection criteria

– Historical information

• Process– “Initiation is the process of formally

recognizing that a new project should continue into its next phase”


Initiation Process cont…

• Output

– Project charter

– Project manager identified/assigned

– Constraints

– Assumptions

• Tools and Techniques

– Project selection methods

– Expert judgment


Planning Process

The process of developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions including the criteria used to determine if the project or phase has been completed successfully.

• Input– Product description

– Project charter

– Constraints and Assumptions


Planning Process cont…

• Output– Scope statement

– Supporting detail

– Scope management plan

• Tools and Techniques– Product analysis

– Cost/benefit analysis

– Alternative identification

– Expert judgment


Planning – Scope Definition

• Input – Scope statement

– Constraints

– Assumptions

– Other planning outputs

– Historical information

• Process – subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller manageable components.


Scope definition cont..

• Output

– Work breakdown structure


– Work breakdown structure templates

– Decomposition


Activity Sequencing

• Input

– Activity list

– Product description

– External dependencies

– Mandatory dependencies

– Discretionary dependencies

– Constraints

– Assumptions


Activity Sequencing cont..

• Process – identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies.

• Output

– Project network

– Activity list updates


– Diagramming methods


Benefits of Realistic Schedule

• Frame for managing critical project activities

• Determines planned start and completion dates

• Identifies activity and task relationships

• Aids project team in defining critical

communication content

• Specificies times when staff must be available

• No suprises


Key Outputs of Planning• Schedules

• Budgets

• Risk management plan

• Quality plan

• Staffing plan

• Procurement plan

• Schedule management plan

• Cost management plan

• Cost baseline

• Scope statement

• Work breakdown

• Plan updates

• Resource requirements

• Communications plan


Acknowledgments

The author wishes to acknowledge the support from the Society for Manufacturing Engineers - Education Foundation, SME-EF Grant #5004 for “Curriculum Modules in Product Lifecycle Management.”

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