Project Management

Tools and Techniques(presentation & discussion)

“discussion”

What is your interpretation of

Project

What is your interpretation of

Project Management

Elements of Project Management

• Skill and Art transferable to any job

• pro-active and organized

• a way to know what is and is-not possible

• a credibility booster.

Project Management is NOT

• a way to squeeze more performance

• time management

• a way to eliminate risk

• a replacement for authority.

Necessary Tools

• Defined Goal

• Brainstormed Tasks

• Estimates

• Sequence and Timing

• Calendar issues

• Appropriate Team

• Appropriate Budget

• Risk Analysis

• Tracking and Reporting

• Project Wrap-Up

Define the following...

According to theProject Management Institute:

By clearly writing down the goal of the project,

you are 100%more likely to have asuccessful project.

Defining the Project

• What is the Goal

• What is the priority (today) (this hour)

• What is the project not

• Success and Completion criteria

• Assumptions.

Not crucial

• Project Management software

• a “project office”

• methodology

• precise estimates.

AvoidAvoid at all costs!

• Relying on software

• Ignoring project plans or data

• Doing everything as a project

• Trying to do too much, too fast.

Encouraging Success

• Have a visible project-management success

• Require data to explain/prove claims

• Look for pay-offs for every action

• Recognize the time required

• …do that California thing….

Leading by negative example...

Negative examples

• This will stink…

• Survey…

• Rhyme…

• Brainstorm….

Why Project Management Works

• With a defined Goal, expectations are managed

• Project team responsibilities are clearly defined

• If something is unreasonable, there is data to explain

• People are kept informed of project status

• The opposite of Project Management is….

Project ManagementT-Shirt Slogans

If you can not prove

you are using the information, you are not allowed to ask for it.

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Do not collect information, just because it is easy to collect.

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Availability is not a skill-set.

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Nothing is impossible…

some things are just highly improbable.

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A project manager

without authority

is practically useless.

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Do not wear lip-liner

at any age.-- Oprah, 1997

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Simply listening doesn’t constitute accountability.

--The Ottawa Citizen, yesterday