2. Explain the process of managing an
information systems project
Discuss skills required to be an effective
project manager
Describe skills and activities of a project
manager during project initiation, planning,
execution and closedown
Explain Gantt and Pert charts
Review commercial project management
software packages
*Learning Objectives
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4. *Manufacturing Company
* Product: Wood Furniture
* Market: US
* Organized into functional areas
* Manufacturing
* Sales
* Orders
* Accounting
* Purchasing
* Three independent computer systems were
converted to a database in 1990’s
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5. *Focus of project management
*To ensure that information system
projects meet customer
expectations
*Delivered in a timely manner
*Meet time constraints and
requirements
*
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6. *Project
* Planned undertaking of related activities to
reach an objective that has a beginning and
an end
*Four Phases
* Initiation
* Planning
* Execution
* Closing down
*
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7. * Establish project initiation team
* Establish relationship with customer
* Establish project initiation plan
* Establish management procedures
* Establish project management
environment and workbook
*
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8. * Describe project scope, alternatives and
feasibility
* Scope and Feasibility
* Understand the project
* What problem is addressed
* What results are to be achieved
* Measures of success
* Completion criteria
*
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9. *Execute Baseline Project Plan
*Acquire and assign resources
*Train new team members
*Keep project on schedule
*Monitor project progress
*Adjust resources, budget and/or
activities
*
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10. * Termination
* Types of termination
* Natural
* Requirements have been met
* Unnatural
* Project stopped
* Documentation
* Personnel Appraisal
*
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11. * Gantt Charts
* Useful for depicting simple projects or parts of
large projects
* Show start and completion dates for individual
tasks
* PERT Charts
* Show order of activities
*
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13. Gantt
PERT
Visually shows duration of
Visually shows dependencies
tasks between tasks
Visually shows time Visually shows which tasks can
overlap between tasks be done in parallel
Visually shows slack time Shows slack time by data in
rectangles
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14. Many systems are available
Three activities required to use:
Establish project start or end date
Enter tasks and assign task
relationships
Select scheduling method to review
project reports
*
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15. *Skills of an effective project manager
*Activities of project manager
* Initiation
* Planning
* Execution
* Closedown
*Gantt and PERT Charts
*Commercial Project Management Software
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