We discussed projects people worked on.
The objective of
project management is to provide common standards to ensure that projects are
conducted in a disciplined, well-managed, and consistent
manner. The ultimate goals are to promote the
delivery of quality products that result in projects which are completed on
time and within budget.
Project
Management is ***An endeavor to accomplish a specific objective
(expected result or product), which has a clearly defined start and end
time, a set of tasks, and a budget.***
specific objective = expected result or product,
How do you do
this? PLAN! Plan before you begin the project!
Plan the tasks
Plan the budget
Plan the schedule
Project life cycle
1.
Define the problem
2.
Write the proposal to address or solve this
problem
a.
Define the project objective (expected result or
product)
b.
Define the project goals (steps to achieve the
objective)
c.
Define how to accomplish those goals through
i.
Tasks
ii.
Schedule
iii.
Budget
3.
Perform the project as described in the proposal
4.
Terminate the project (submit final report)
When the problem is defined, an initial concept is developed
around potential solutions. Once
the project concept is defined then a complete project plan can be
developed. It is the execution of a well
developed project plan which then leads to project success.
We can look at all of this through
the structure of a project life cycle.
On quiz next week - be able to draw a project lifecycle (Fig. 1.2 from
Gido text book on reserve in library)
You must label the axes on a chart or graph. X is horizontal, Y is vertical.
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