...MAN620/ADM720 Project Management Lecture Session 1 : 26th January 2010 An introduction into project management with some history of project management and some contextual information. How project management has permeated almost all aspects of working life. The evolution of the project management context. Why and under what circumstances project management is used. What characterizes projects and differentiates them from other forms of management. Examples of projects – large medium and small. Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Project Management The Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBoK) defines Projecy Management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements”. In the course outline we make the following statements with regard to what this course promises you engineering students. In the engineering environment, Project Management can be practiced either a stand-alone professional discipline or as an integral part of the delivery mechanism for engineering services. Either way, all engineers need a thorough understanding of Project Management theory, principles, practices, tools and techniques. This course has been structured to stimulate the interest of student engineers in the discipline of Project Management and to equip them with sufficient knowledge of the discipline to meaningfully participate in project work at an early stage. Many organisations do not employ full time Project Managers and...
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...is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-5771.htm BIJ 13,1/2 Best practices of collaboration between university and industrial SMEs P. Pecas and E. Henriques ¸ Technology and Management Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ´ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the implementation of best practices of collaboration between university and industrial small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the experience carried on by a university group fostering the collaboration with SME companies involving young engineering students and researchers in projects designed for the resolution of real industrial problems. A collaboration model is proposed and described. Four real case studies are presented. Findings – The purposed model promotes the involvement of the young engineers with authentic industrial experiences, enables the build-up of their practical framework and encourages their entrepreneurial growth. It also promotes the innovation process in SME companies through the close collaboration with universities. Practical implications – The collaboration between universities and SME companies should be based on a small projects base. These projects must be focus in localized and specific problematic areas in the industrial companies, where the potential of improvement and innovation is large, must diagnose the problematic situation and propose new...
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...Keller graduate school of management | Project Portfolio Management | Karl Storz Corporation | | [Type the author name] | [Pick the date] | Setting up the Project Portfolio Management system for the Karl Storz Corporation | TABLE OF CONTENTS Industry Background 2 Company Mission and Strategy 2 Organizational Structure 3 Project Organizational Chart 4 Selection Criteria 5 Industry Background The medical device industry is filled with many companies who compete with Karl Storz. Companies such as Olympus and Stryker are their top competitors. Mainly this part of the medical device industry is geared toward surgical and diagnostics applications using flexible endoscopes. Gastroenterologists typically use flexible scope to view the GI track of a patient and determine if a surgical procedure is necessary. Storz also develops scopes for a vast number of medical disciplines such as Neuro-Endoscopy, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat), and Cardiovascular to name a few. This self-named, family owned company was established in 1945 with a vision of introducing very bright, but cold light into the body cavities the instruments, thus providing excellent visibility while at the same time allowing objective documentation by means of image transmission. Today Karl Storz is run by the late Karl Storz' daughter, Dr. Sybil Storz and her son Karl-Christian...
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...A Project Report On EVENT MANAGEMENT Submitted By: Mayur .A.Ghunkikar Roll #7920 MMS II Second Year Masters In Management Studies (IV–Semester) Oriental Institute Of Management Studies To the University of Mumbai In Partial Fulfilment Of MMS Academic Year: 2008-2009 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that, the project assigned on ‘Event Management’ has been successfully completed by Mr. Mayur .A. Ghunkikar of Oriental Institute of Management Studies, Vashi. The project is being completed as a part of the syllabus and also in partial fulfillment of the two year full time degree of Master Of Management Studies conducted by University of Mumbai. | | | | | | | | |Signature of examiner | |Prof. Rupali Mohite | | | |(Course coordinator) | | | | | | | | ...
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...LEAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Assessment of project risk management processes NEUS ALCARAZ BOSCÀ Master of Science Thesis Stockholm, Sweden 2012LEAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Assessment of project risk management processes by Neus Alcaraz Boscà Master of Science Thesis INDEK 2012:36 KTH Industrial Engineering and Management Industrial Management SE-100 44 STOCKHOLMi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor, Johann Packendorff, from the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology, for accepting me in his department and for giving me good and useful guide. Secondly, thanks to all my family for being during all this year at the other side of the screen making me much easier the way. Especially, thanks to my sister, Maria, for spending some of her spare time giving me very good advice in the writing of this thesis, and above all, for being such a good example of effort and overcoming during my entire life. Thanks to Marcos, for being always so kind with me, and forsupporting me not only this year but also all these years of study. Finally, I would like to thank all my friends for having always something fun to tell, cheering my day up despite being so far. Thanks especially to Pau and Lidia for coming to visit us and spend wonderful days together, and also to Marta, Patri and Ceci for being always there to me. I would like to dedicate this thesis project to my grandma, for having taken such good...
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...Expertise : Press Operations, Operation Management, Resource Allocation, Production Planning, SAP PP module, Quality Analysis Area of Interest : Operation Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Strategy Planning Industrial Experience : 12 Years 9 Months+ Senior Manager (Operations and Quality) in ABP Pvt. Ltd. BAMACHARAN KOLE Master of Science in Software System from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan Industrial Experience : 9 Years 6 Months+ IT Services in Tata Consultancy Services Previously worked in Infosys Ltd. Main area of experience as Techno functional analyst in banking vertical mainly in Credit Risk. Extensively worked on Microsoft technologies and Oracle more than 9 years. Experience in development of new templates across multiple client segments (corporate, commercial, private banking & financial institutions), industry verticals (energy, financial services, industrials, agriculture etc), geographies (Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America). Area of Expertise : Financial spreading of any company & saving a snapshot during loan approval process, Internal Credit Risk rating generation based on historical & estimated financial data also scoring a company based on qualitative data, Peer comparison & industry trend analysis, Projection & forecasting, Adhoc and on the fly report and Early warning Area of Interest : IT enabled Banking / Financial services Area of Expertise : Product Marketing, Business Development, Bid Management and Tendering, Technical & Commercial...
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...Turnkey Projects Julie Carter BMAL 560 Liberty University Key Term and Why You Are Interested In It Turnkey projects have advantages and disadvantages on business. The project responsibility lies with the contractor or producer of the project and not the buyer. The pressures of decisions and success, do not rest on the shoulders of the buyer. Although, the buyer requiring more control over the designing process of the project, will find difficulties within these types of projects. Turnkey projects are not customized. As per this paper and my academic advancement, I would like to expand my understanding of turnkey projects. Explanation of the Key Term Per Satterlee, “in a turnkey project one client company contracts another company to build and deliver a ready to operate industrial plant or infrastructure facility” (p. 227). Turnkey projects can help with the conception of “infrastructure in developing countries” (Satterlee, 2009, p. 227). Although, the result of helping, has the possibility of creating a competitor as well. These types of projects are used throughout many different industries, in many different ways. Major Article Summary An article from the, International Journal of Project Management, illustrated some of the positives of a turnkey project. The focus of the article aimed as to the “managing schedule deviations in international plant projects” (Alaskini, 2004, p. 75), with an attempt to find solutions. The findings primarily laid fault...
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...SESSION14:00 – 17:00 | MONDAY22/06/2015 | * Higher Mathematics 1(Gym) * Business Law (RM 1) * Advanced Project Management(RM 2) * Financial reporting and control(RM 33) * Political Science/Philosophy(RM 36) * digital communications systems(RM 33) | * Electricity and Magnetism(RM 36 & 1) * Research Methodology(Gym) * Operations Management(RM 2) * Media and Communications Ethics(RM 2) * Mobile Communications(RM 2) * Social Work Legal and practice(RM 33) * Employee Engagement (RM 33) | TUESDAY23/06/2015 | * Management Information Systems1(Gym & RM 36) * Java Programming(RM 33) * Mathematics for economics (RM 1) * Software Economics(RM 1) * Media and Society (RM 1) * Marketing(RM 2) * Human Resource Development (RM 2) * Human Rights and Development (RM 2) | * Business Communication/Communication Skills(Gym, RMs 36, 33, 2) * Project Planning and Management Software(Project) * Public Finance(RM 1) * Intermediate macroeconomics 2(RM 1) * Project Appraisal(RM 1) * Wood based Materials &Processes I(RM 1) * Financial Management(RM 1) | WEDNESDAY24/06/2015 | * Media Law(RM 1) * Introduction to Business( Gym) * Introduction to Public Administration(RM 36) * Intermediate microeconomics 1(RM 1) * Cyber Law(Gym) * Food security in Developing Countries(RM 33) * Risk Management(RM 2) * Project Design 1(RM 2) | * Sociology of Education(Gym) * Managerial Accounting (Gym) * Geographical Information...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract 3 Reasons for project failure 4 What to do when project goes wrong 8 Project management 10 Project methods 15 Managing Talent 17 Managing Client 20 Data Interpretation 22 Summary 25 References 26 ABSTRACT The main of this project is to predict the reasons for project failure in the organization. When a project failed in an organization project team and the management go mad and they behave in an improper way which is not appreciable. So in this paper I discussed some issues regarding, to handle the situation when a project goes wrong. To prevent this mistake in further cases I suggested methods which can prevent the project to fail. For this I used concepts of project management with various methods like discovery, develop and deploy. Along with that I also discussed some techniques in managing and using the talent of the employees. As we all know clients pay key role for a project, so I also discussed some techniques in managing the client. As a final note I summarized my opinion on project failures and prevention of project failures. INTRODUCTION Amara Raja Batteries is a multi-national company located in Tirupathi, India. It was established in 1985 by Ramachandra Naidu Galla under Amara Raja Group of industries. In 1997 Amara Raja Batteries signed a joint venture with Johnson Control and developed India’s first zero maintenance automobile...
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...SIERRA READYMIX (PVT.) LTD. MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE NEW DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT WING 1.0 Introduction Sierra Readymix (Pvt.) Ltd. (SRL) is a subsidiary company of Sierra Construction group of companies aimed at providing specialized ready mix concrete (RMC) to the Sierra group & to Sri Lankan Colombo-Gampaha-Kaluthara based projects in construction sector. SRL performed well and sustained an exponential growth since inception in 2005 becoming a dominant player in ready mix concrete industry. With 15 competitors springing up in western province, scarcity of materials such as ¾” metal, river sand & constant material price increments due to high demand by Colombo port expansion project & Southern Highway outer circular project, bottom line of the company began to get affected. As to overcome the anticipated materials price shock & competitive low margined market SRL is expecting to diversify into area of construction design development & project management where soft skills would be much stressed upon. 2.0 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 2.1 Diversification is required due to : • Price competition due to 15 competitors with much low overheads. • Price hikes of essential raw materials ¾” metal, river sand due to large scale projects such as Colombo port expansion project & Southern Highway outer circular project. • Shrinking bottom line due to above stated reasons. • Company’s product – RMC supply can only cover a limited geographical area in Colombo-Kaluthara-Gampaha districts...
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...ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT The primary challenge in project management is to achieve all of the defined project goals and objectives while adhering to typical constraints which are usually scope, quality, time, and budget. Often, the basic flaw in project planning and design is the complete neglect or minimal consideration of environmental and social costs and dependence only on economic analysis for project preparation and investment. A failure to understand and internalize diverse or negative impacts on environment during project preparation could lead to several undesirable consequences, which may ultimately jeopardize the very objectives of growth and development for which the project was proposed. The need for environmental management for successful project completion is stressed upon and the challenges of addressing the key environmental issues are discussed. Environmental management is not just about the ‘trees and bees’ but also about health, safety, profits, quality assurance, reduced risks to reputation, and increased global competitiveness, states the author. Overall, it is about efficiency and reducing environmental and legal liabilities. It is argued that sound environment management reduces the unforeseen obstacles and bottlenecks that may otherwise hamper the delivery of project objectives while helping to improve the environmental performance of project operations. Environmental...
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...Acknowledgements About Chemtech About KPMG in India 48 51 52 52 2 3 4 4 8 8 10 17 22 29 33 |1 | EPC Industry in India: Issues and Challenges EPC Report New.indd 1 2/20/2011 8:13:28 PM CHEMTECH Foreword trong infrastructure and industry are critical for India as the country sees leapfrogging growth. As far as both these sectors are concerned, India is in a sweet spot, which has created multitude of opportunities in the fields of engineering, capital goods and construction. S Though, India has witnessed significant investments in both industrial and infrastructure space, the growth has remained restricted due to various weaknesses of the Indian EPC industry and difficulties for the foreign players to ply in the market. Jasu Shah Founder & Chairman, CHEMTECH Foundation At this juncture, it is an imperative to address the challenges, which restrict the growth of this sector in India and will continue to repress industrial development lest addressed. CHEMTECH has made an attempt to address the issues faced by the EPC industry through each edition of its international conference, EPC World Expo. Renowned speakers from world over have deliberated over the topical issues that must be resolved to accelerate the development of India’s EPC sector, which would eventually lead to country’s sustainable economic growth. As we reach another milestone year with 25th edition of CHEMTECH series of expositions and international conferences, Jasubhai Media and KPMG have...
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...MAJOR TCB1033 TCB1083 TCB2013 TCB2063 TCB2083 TCB3023 3 3 3 3 3 3 Internal ) ) ) Credit Hour Remarks Credit Hour Remarks Credit Hour Remarks Total Credit hour TECHNOLOGY CORE GCB2013 Statistics and Empirical Method GCB3013 Corporate Ethics SCB2053 System Analysis and Design GCB3093 Small Business and Entrepreneurship TCB2023 Operating Systems TCB1013 Structured Programming TCB1043 Computer Organization TCB2053 Object-Oriented Programming TCB2043 Software Engineering TCB3073 IT Project Management FCM1013 Discrete Mathematics SCB1033 Data and Information Management TCB1063 Algorithms & Data Structures Total Credit Hour Web Application Development Data Communications and Networking Human Computer Interaction Network Security Wireless Technology Distributed Computing SEP 2015 ( JAN 2016 ( MAY 2016 ( Total Credit hour Total Credit hour Page 1 of 2 TCB3343 ICB3017 ICB3027 TCB3012 TCB4014 Artificial Intelligence Industrial Training Industrial Project Final Year Project I Final Year Project II Total...
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...How would defend the statement that a project manager must help himself? Although project manager has the project sponsor to help him, but he should not always depend on them. A project manager must possess a specific set of skill that can be used to manage the project successfully. Project managers are not only responsible for delivering project in budget, on schedule and within scope, but also need to update themselves with the current industrial information . Project managers also need to maintain healthy client relationship to determine what exactly they need. Therefore, Project manager always need to think out of the box and should understand the industrial needs for the success of his project. Will project management work in all companies? If not , identify those companies in which project management will not be applicable and defend your answer? Yes, Project management will work in all companies. But, it may vary based on the nature of the industry. For example small companies can have short-term projects whereas big companies like constructions may have long-term projects. 1.7 what attributes should a project manager have? Can an individual be trained to become a project manager? If a company were changing over a project management structure, would it be better to promote and train from within or hire from outside? The attributes of project manager in my view are:- a) Excellent communication skill b) Leadership...
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...COMPANY PROFILE Rowan Technology Group REFERENCE CODE: CF07BC71-9BFD-49ED-8286-92F6F2061D13 PUBLICATION DATE: 26 Apr 2012 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 Business Description...........................................................................................4 History...................................................................................................................5 Key Employees.....................................................................................................6 Key Employee Biographies..................................................................................7 Major Products and Services..............................................................................9 Top Competitors.................................................................................................10 Locations and Subsidiaries...............................................................................11 Rowan Technology Group Page 2 © MarketLine Rowan Technology Group TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPANY OVERVIEW Rowan Technology Group (Rowan) is a consulting firm. It provides market analysis, strategic ...
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