2. What is Project?
Project is,
A planned activity
The emphasis on being planned assumes we can determine
how to carry out a task before we start. Planning is in
essence thinking carefully about something before you do
it-even with uncertain projects this worth doing as long as
the resulting plans are seen as provisional.
Another most important aspect of a project is to be
managed properly. Project is managed by Project manager
and other members.
3. Project Management
A project undergoes six stages during its life cycles and they are noted below.
Project Definition: This refers to defining the objectives and the factors to be considered to make the project
successful.
Project Initiation: This refers to the resources as well as the planning before the project starts.
Project Planning: Outlines the plan as to how the project should be executed. This is where project management
triangle is essential. It looks at the time, cost and scope of the project.
Project Execution: Undertaking work to deliver the outcome of the project.
Project Monitoring & Control: Taking necessary measures, so that the operation of the project runs smoothly.
Project Closure: Acceptance of the deliverables and discontinuing resources that were required to run the project.
The overwhelming number tasks required of a Project Manager can become too much for an untrained manager to
accomplish. Project Managements are trained to tackle this onslaught of duties by breaking every large task into small,
more manageable, task. By doing this they are able to organize themselves and are able to properly track their
progress. Listed are typical task that the (4) five major groups are broken down into.
4. Overview of Project Management
Project Concept & Definition Benefit Delivery
Management Project P
Phase or Stage
Planning End I
Planning
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Estimati Resourci Mobilis Management, QA
ng ng -ation Control
& Reporting
Benefit Tracking & Management
Quality Management
Risk Management
Issue Management
Scope & Change Control
Configuration Management
Documentation Control
Team building, Collaboration and Internal Communication
Organisational Change Management
External Communication
Procurement & Accounting
Subcontractor Management
5. Project Management Triangle
The project management triangle is used by managers to
analyze or understand the difficulties that may arise due to
implementing and executing a project. All projects
irrespective of their size will have many constraints.
1. Time
2. Quality
3. Cost
4. Scope
6. Skills Required For Project Manager
Leadership
Managing people
Negotiation
Time management
Effective communication
Planning
Controlling
Conflict resolution
Problem solving
7. The Role Of Project Manager
The role of a project manager basically involves
handling all aspects of the project.
This includes not just the logistics but also the
planning, brainstorming and seeing to the overall
completion of the project while also preventing
glitches and ensuring that the project management
team works well together.
8. Major Goals
Deadlines: The project should be completed before
the dead gong actually blows. This requires proper
planning and risk management of the project.
Client Satisfaction: Meeting client satisfaction
criteria and ensuring quality of the software.
No Budget Overrun: Budget should be properly
estimated at the start so that it doesn’t not fall short
during the phases.
9. Requirements Coverage: Fixing requirements and
then start working on it in order to develop a product
which satisfies customer.
Team Management: Manager needs to ensure
team coordination and satisfaction. Time to time
bonus and motivation is an important aspect.
10. Conclusion
The role of a project manager is therefore no easy task. It
involves taking up a lot of responsibility as each of the
goals of the project must be met without making too
many sacrifices.
If these goals are outlined to the project management
team at the very beginning, there in no way for the
delivery of the goals to be delayed in any way as everyone
will always be aware of what they need to achieve and by
when.
