Project management explained. What is project management not? Is Project Management compulsory? Why do 40% of large projects fail? The answer is Project Management is what project managers do effectively: They manage Risks, Budgets, Schedules, Resources, Communication, Activities, People, Documentation, and resolve project problems. The Project Management simulator SimulTrain is a real project management experience!.

1. What is
Project Management
?

2. Project Management
101,897
Books on
amazon.com 1
1 May 5th 2015

3. Project Management
 is the discipline of planning, organizing,
motivating, and controlling resources to
achieve specific goals
 a project is a temporary endeavor with a
defined beginning and end undertaken to meet
unique goals and objectives
 Wikipedia.org

4. Explain
this to a
CHILD

5. What
IS NOT
Project Management ?

6. Project Management
IS NOT A SCIENCE
It is experience, best practicies

7. Project Management
IS NOT ONLY A TOOL
It is culture and common language

8. Project Management
IS NOT A MAGIC FORMULA
It is a result oriented approach

9. Project Management
IS NOT COMPULSORY
But it is extremely efficient practice

10. Is not compulsory ?
 39% of project with budgets over US $10
million failed 1
 33% team members attribute project success
directly to the skills and experience of the
Project Managers 2
1 The Standish Group, “CHAOS 2007 REX: A Standish Group Research Exchange.” 2007.
2 Project Management Institute, “PMI Pulse of the Profession Survey.” 2006.

11. What
Project
managers
DO ?

12. PM Plans Project ACTIVITIES

13. PM Allocates RESOURCES

14. PM Manages RISK

15. PM Manages Team
MEMBERS

16. PM Controls Project
ACTIVITIES

17. PM Resolves Project ISSUES

18. PM Fosters Team
COLLABORATION

19. PM Reports Project
PROGRESS

20. Project Management is
WHAT PMS DO EFFECTIVELY !

21. “ Learning is
EXPERIENCE.
Everything
else
is just
information. ”
~ Albert Einstein

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