General Introduction to
Project Management
Arch. Dania Abdel-Aziz
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University of Jordan Year 2016/2017
2nd Summer Semester

Content
• What is a project?
• What is a project management?
• Who uses Project Management?
• Why is Project Management used?
• Benefits of project management
• Project success factors
• Exercise 1
• Project Manager Role
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WHAT IS A PROJECT?
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What is a Project?
“Unique process consisting of a set of coordinated and controlled activities
with start and finish dates, undertaken to achieve an objective conforming
to specific requirements, including constraints of time, cost, quality and
resources”
• A Project is a planned set of activities.
• A Project has a scope.
• A Project has time, cost, quality and resource constraints.
• Has an established objective.
• Has a defined life span with a beginning and an end.
• Involves doing something never been done before.
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VARIOUS STAGES
OF
PROJECT
THINKING
PLANNING & SCHEDULING
DATA COLLECTION
STATUS UPDATING THROUGH
NETWORK AND
GIVING EARLY WARNINGS
PAVE A PATH
FOR
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
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A PROJECT is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product,
service or result.
Temporary means: A Project is a one off event and not an ongoing operation
It has a definite beginning and a definite end.
The end is reached when:
• The project’s objectives have been achieved.
• When it becomes clear that the project objectives will not or cannot be
met.
• The need for the project no longer exists and the project is terminated.
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A project

Temporary also means:
A project is about the creation of something by a specific time. It has a limited
and defined lifespan.
Temporary does not necessarily mean short in duration;
Many projects last for several years. In every case, however, the duration of a
project is finite; it does not go on forever.
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A project

Difference between a project and an ongoing operation
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Unique means :
• A project is different in some way from other product or service.
• Projects involve doing something that has not been done before and
which is therefore, unique.
For example,
many thousands of office buildings have been built, but each individual
facility is unique - different owner, different design, different site, different
contractors etc.
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A project

Comparison of Routine Work with Projects
TABLE 1.1
Routine, Repetitive Work
Taking class notes
Daily entering sales receipts into the
accounting ledger
Responding to a supply-chain request
Practicing scales on the piano
Routine manufacture of an Apple iPod
Attaching tags on a manufactured
product
Projects
Writing a term paper
Setting up a sales kiosk for a
professional accounting meeting
Developing a supply-chain information
system
Writing a new piano piece
Designing an iPod that is approximately
2 X 4 inches, interfaces with PC, and
stores 10,000 songs
Wire-tag projects for GE and
Wal-Mart
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WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT?
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Management: is the process of Planning, Organizing, Controlling and
Measuring
Project Management: A dynamic process that utilizes the appropriate
resources of the organization in a controlled and structured manner, to
achieve some clearly defined objectives identified as needs.
It is always conducted within a defined set of constraints
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What is Project Management?

What is Project Management?
The art of organising, leading, reporting and completing a project through
people.
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In other words, it provides:
• an organization with powerful tools
• that improve the organization's ability to plan, organize, implement
• and control its activities and the ways it uses its people and resources.
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1.1. What is the Project management ?

A project manager is a person who causes things to happen
Project Management is causing a planned undertaking to happen.
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What is Project Management?

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WHO USES PROJECT
MANAGEMENT?
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Who uses Project Management?
 Nearly Everyone to some degree
People plan their Days, their Weeks, their Vacations and their Budgets
and keep a simple project management form known as ‘’To Do’’ list.
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 Any Process or Means used to track
tasks or efforts towards accomplishing
a goal could be considered Project
Management.

Growth in PMP Certification
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Why is Project Management used?
• It is necessary to Track or Measure the progress we have achieved towards
a Goal we wish to accomplish.
• We use Project Management to Aid us in Maximizing and Optimizing our
resources to accomplish our goals
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Benefits of project management
Project management was developed to:
• Save time by properly planning a project and considering all relevant
factors which may affect its outcome
• The benefits have been proven - it saves time and money - and generates
a more successful outcome …. if guidelines are followed
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Importance of project management
• With limited resources, project management can be very important by:
– Increasing productivity.
– Boosting efficiency.
– Making the most of every resource.
– Making sure that deadlines are met.
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Benefits of project management

• Even though project management gives you set of tools to schedule and
organize, there are many factors that need to be considered if projects are
to be successful. It is not a magical solution.
• Project management does not do the work for you, but helps you to be
specific and organized without losing the overview of what you are doing
and why.
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Benefits of project management

Exercise 1
Write down three attributes of a good Project Manager
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Project Manager Role
A Good Project Manager
– Takes ownership of the whole project.
– Is proactive not reactive
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Project Manager Role
A Good Project Manager
– Adequately plans the project.
– Is Authoritative (NOT Authoritarian).
– Is Decisive.
– Is a Good Communicator.
– Manages by data and facts not uniformed
optimism.
– Leads by example.
– Has sound Judgement.
– Is a Motivator.
– Is Diplomatic.
– Can Delegate.
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Work Smart Not Hard !!!
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Thank you 