Project Management

Pre-SIP/-MP Training

What is Project
Management?
Planning, organizing, managing
resources in a project

Ensuring success of a project

A professional discipline

Scope

Time
Resources
Cost / Budget

Sc
op
e

e
Tim

Resources

The Project Management Triangle

Consider...
How might a change in project scope
affect the timeline and resources
needed?
How might a change in timeline affect
the project scope and resources needed?
How might a change in the resources
available affect the project scope and
timeline?

Initiation

Planning &
Design

Execution

Monitoring &
Controlling

Project Phases

Closing

Week 0
Initiation
Planning &
Design

Execution /
Monitoring &
Controlling /
Planning &
Design

Closing
10

Gather team members

Meet with supervisor, discuss
project scope & expectations
Arrange meeting schedule
Document requirements
Risk assessment, identify issues
Work breakdown, assign tasks &
roles
Project schedule

Research
Project development
Integration
Testing & debugging

Prepare final report

Presentation

Common Problems
Improper estimation of:
work/effort
difficulties/risks
Changes to specifications/requirements
Lack of communication/coordination

Dos & Donts

DO: Identify & prioritize (potential)

issues/problems early

Group Exercise
Read the given project scenario that is
appropriate to your diploma option
In your groups, try to list down
potential problems/issues that you will
need to look into

vs.

Dos & Donts

DO: Breakdown and distribute work between

team members
DONT: Have multiple team members staring
at one computer

Dos & Donts

DO: Consider the priorities of the tasks that
have been allocated

DONT: Focus on the easy tasks and put

aside the important tasks

Alice

Client
applicatio
n

Bob

Web
services

Database

Dos & Donts

DO: Minimize dependencies between work

assigned to different members

Dos & Donts

DO: Make use of stubs/dummy code to
facilitate early integration

DO: Break problems down and focus on 1

piece at a time

Dos & Donts

DO: Involve the

stakeholders/users/customers

Who am I doing
this for: the
user/customer, or
myself?

or

Is this a piece of
work I can feel
proud to call my
own?