Anuar L1 – The Project Environment www.notes638.wordpress.com 1 Lecture Topics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Introduction Understanding Project Management Overview of Project Management Project Management according to PMBOK® Guide What is a Successful Project Management Benefits of Project Management Obstacles in Project Management Project Deliverables Project Stakeholders Defining Project Success Defining the Project Manager’s Role Project Scope and Product Scope Project
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series of steps that can be continually repeated in sequence throughout the life of a project. The first step in the process is risk planning. Risk Planning Risk planning begins with getting solid backing from the project stakeholders for the risk management approach (Marchewka, 2009). Support from the stakeholders will ensure that the resources required for a successful risk assessment are available to the project team. The second part of risk planning is to be prepared for the risks that are identified
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•Team Work Plan - this will be in pdf format and is due at the end of Week 2 - it will be graded pass / fail (the latter meaning specific improvements needed, which the team will make and earn a pass) by our FA/TA ◦Use a format of your choice, eg, one from a prior UMUC course ◦ Our TA will be looking particularly for ◾ The team's tasking succinctly described ◾ Team coordinator and other individual personnel assignments ◾ Identification of applicable seminar learning objectives ◾ Mention of the
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INTRODUCTION Project management is defined in the PMBOK as: '...the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet stakeholder`s needs and expectations from a project.' Project management is the structured system that is used to complete a task successfully to the approval of the stakeholders. It makes use of all available resources and tools to accomplish this task. A successful project can be defined as the completion of all activities within
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theoretical foundation of project management as espoused in the PMBOK Guide by PMI and mostly applied in practice. This foundation can be divided into a theory of project and a theory of management. We link theories to the body of knowledge by comparing prescriptions derived from theory to prescriptions presented in the PMBOK. Secondly, we show, by a comparison to competing theories and by an analysis of anomalies (deviations from assumptions or outcomes as implied in the body of knowledge) observed
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According to the PMBOK (2008) project defines as "temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service.Temparary means that every project has a definite end. Unique means that the product or service is different in some distinguishing way from all similar product or service." PMBOK (2004) analyse project management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet stakeholder’s needs and expectations from a project." Where, Grham
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is a constraint in a project. 7/31/2016 1:13 PM 7 What is Project Management? • Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project. 7/31/2016 1:13 PM 8 Examples of projects • Developing a new product or service • Effecting a change
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Project 592 Project Cost and Schedule Control Course Project Part 2 The Wedding Project Scope Statement Mara Kiasekoka D40194702 marakiasekoka@gmail.com Professor Janet Durgin September 27, 2014 Executive Summary Dream Space has been in wedding and events planning industry for more than 15 years, performing services and providing products to reputable companies and diverse people worldwide. The company is pleased to perform the project of the wedding ceremony
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employees through the ranks were on different pages and there was uncertainty among those involved. Uncertainty leads to disagreements, mistrust, and personal preferences become tied up in business politics. The lack of cooperation would have trickled down from senior management to lower level employees and would have affected their clients. They had to take their tine to re-evaluate so they would be able to find the methodology that best suited their client needs and was aligned with their business mission
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planning and control techniques used by industry, commerce, sport and domestic projects, and particularly those used by the project planning software and referred to in the Project Management Institute's (PMI) project management body of knowledge (PMBOK), and the Association of Project Manager's (APM) body of knowledge (bok). As the use of projects becomes more pervasive, so more managers are entering the field of project management. Their success will be helped by their ability to develop a fully
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