2. Topics
• What is a project?
• Characteristics of a project
• Types of project
• What is project management?
• Key people in a project
• The role of the project manager
• Basic project management skills
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3. What is a project?
• A series of planned (but sometimes unplanned)
activities leading to a specific goal that ideally
has to be completed within a certain time frame
and the given resources
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4. Discuss
• “A project is a series of planned (but
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sometimes unplanned) activities leading to a
specific g
p goal that ideally has to be completed
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within a certain time frame and the given
resources.”
• Take this course as a project
– What is your goal?
– What are the planned and unplanned activities leading to your
goal?
– What is the time frame?
– What are the given resources?
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5. Characteristics of a project
A project is always unique on:
• B: Budget (Resource allocation)
• O: Objectives
• S: Specification (Quality)
• S: Schedule (Its beginning and ending)
( g g g)
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6. Types of Project
Projects are usually categorized into one of three
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types:
• C: Change driven
– change operations to match the environment
• M: Market driven
– developing and producing a new product in response to market
needs.
• C: Crisis driven
– usually in response to an urgent situation
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7. Projects and Programme
• Project: A series of planned (but sometimes
unplanned) activities leading to a specific
goal that ideally has to be completed within a
certain time f
i i frame and the given resources
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• Program: A number of related projects done
together is usually called a program
• Project management: Managing a large
project by breaking it down into a number of
smaller project.
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8. What is project management?
• It is a structured approach to planning and
controlling projects
• It is the application of knowledge, skills, tools
and techniques to project activities in order to
meet or exceed stakeholders needs and
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expectations from a project
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9. Discuss
• “Project management is the application of
Project
knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to
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project activities in order to meet or exceed
stakeholders needs and expectations from a
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project”
• Take this course as a project
• What knowledge, skills, tools and techniques do
you need to apply in your project management?
• Who are the stakeholders and what are their
needs and expectations?
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10. Key people in a project
• Sponsor: The person who ensures that the
project is successful at the company level
• Champion: The chief promoter of the project
• Client: The person who pays for contractual
services. For inter-company projects, the
contract may be an informal one
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11. Key people in a project
• Customer: Very similar to the client; could be
the person who buys or pays for the projects,
but more normally it is the person whom one
is
i concerned with
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• Owner: Again very similar to client and
customer. Think of it more in the sense of
t Thi k f i th f
someone with a strong attachment to the
project
• Stakeholder: Everyone who has an interest
in the project success
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12. Discuss
• Take your study for this course as a project
project.
• You are the project manager.
• Identify the key people in your project
– Sponsor
– Ch
Champion
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– Client
– Customer
– Owner
– Stakeholders
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13. The role of the project manager
• Achieve
– The project manager is the person assigned
to manage a specific project and is expected
to meet the approved objectives of a project,
including project scope, budget and schedule.
• Lead
– Project manager leads the p j
j g project and
provides vision, direction and encouragement
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14. The role of the project manager
• Plan
– Project manager takes lead in project
planning to determine the schedule and
budgets
• Deliver
– Project manager responsible for delivering the
project
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15. Basic project management skills
• People skills
• Project management skills
• Knowledge of the organization
• T h i l skills
Technical kill
• I
Integration skills
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16. Discuss
• What are the project management skills you
need to complete your course Managing
Projects?
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