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An overview
What is a Project
Project management
Involves applications of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholders expectation from a project
The process
The project sponsor and the team Support staff Customers Users Supplier etc.,
Scope Critical path analysis, PERT and Gantt charts Cost estimates
Advantages
Minimizes surprises Provides assurance and reduces risk Manages resources effectively Helps in future plans Integrates activities of people from different functions Encourages teamwork
Risk
Complexity
Steps
Visualizing the project Identifying of requirement Organizational integration Team management Risk and opportunity management Project control Corrective action
Delivering projects on time is high on agenda for managers Time is not a flexible unit; It passes no matter what happens Scheduling project which involves many components is main reason for conflicts
Process
Building dependencies
A method for showing activity sequencing Portrays logical relationships among activities Schematic display of Sequencing of Project activities
Also called Activity on Arrow diagrams Activities represented by arrows Nodes or circles are starting and ending point of activities Can show only Finish-to-Start dependencies
Precedence diagram
Activities represented by boxes Arrows show relationships between activities Better at displaying dependencies Used by Project management software
Duration estimating
After defining the activities and determining their sequence, the next step is estimating duration Duration means time worked on activity plus time elapsed Duration estimating should be done by people doing the work and reviewed by management
Schedule development
Determines the start and end date of project and other activities The goal is to create a realistic project schedule that works as the basis for monitoring project progress Important tools are Gantt charts, PERT and Critical Path analysis
Gantt charts
Provides a standard format for displaying project schedule by listing activities and their corresponding start to finish dates in a calendar format Symbols used are
A black diamond milestones or events with zero duration Thick black bars Summary tasks Light horizontal bars tasks Arrows dependencies between tasks
Develop a project network diagram Add the durations of all activities on each path through the network diagram The longest path is the critical path