...Chapter 1: Introduction to Project Management TRUE/FALSE 1. Until the 1980s, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top management in the military, computer, and construction industries. ANS: T Until the 1980s, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top management in the military, computer, and construction industries. Today’s project management involves much more, and people in every industry and every country manage projects. PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.2 OBJ: LO: 1-1 NAT: BUSPROG: Technology TOP: Introduction KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 2. A difference between operations and projects is that operations end when their objectives have been reached, whereas projects do not. ANS: F Projects are different from operations in that they end when their objectives have been reached or the project has been terminated. PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: p.4 OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: What is a Project? KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 3. Every project should have a well-defined objective. ANS: T A project has a unique purpose. Every project should have a well-defined objective. PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: p.6 OBJ: LO: 1-2 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic TOP: What is a Project? KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 4. Projects should be developed in increments. ANS: T A project is developed using progressive elaboration. Projects are often defined broadly...
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...Top 10 Project Management skills The top 10 project management skills Projects, by definition, have specific start and end dates. Other characteristics of a project include a defined scope, finite budget, specific end results (or deliverables), and assigned resources. Another characteristic of a project is that the work is unique. Even if one project is similar to another, it’s not exactly the same because circumstances change and things are always different when you’re dealing with people. One of the primary roles of managers is to manage the work process. While small projects don’t necessarily require much knowledge of project management or much project management discipline, as a project gets larger, there is more need to utilize formal processes and techniques. Different project management methodologies organize and structure these processes in various ways. The goal for this project management primer is to examine 10 basic skills of project management: 1. Define the project 2. Plan the work 3. Manage the workplan 4. Manage issues 5. Manage scope 6. Manage risks 7. Manage communication 8. Manage documentation 9. Manage quality 10. Manage metrics In general, if you can master these areas, you can succeed in most projects. Project work vs. project management Notice that the list doesn’t include analysis, design, testing, or implementation. Those who have worked on projects probably know that they typically include analysis and testing. However, there...
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...[pic] FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JANUARY / 2013 EBTM3101 PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATRICULATION NO : 860827526386001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 860827-52-6386 TELEPHONE NO. : 014 – 684 7338 E-MAIL : jessica_juing@OUM.edu.my LEARNING CENTRE : PPT Miri, Sarawak TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE COMPANY PROFILE 2.0 NATURE OF PROJECT IN TEAMS 2.1 QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP & TOOLS USED 2.2 MOTIVATION to manage project teams 2.3 demonstration of the project management 3.0 CONCLUSION 4.0 REFERENCES 1.0 INTRODUCTION MARIAM Precision Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd Mariam Precision Bearing Manufacturing Co.Ltd. Is a manufacturer of high-grade bearing parts (green rings) as well as a wide range of ball and roller bearing products. Through technology-sharing and production linkages with the world's leading bearing manufacturers, as well as progressive cooperation with partners in the domestic arena, Mariam has consistently elevated its manufacturing capability and is now recognized as one of the leading producers of high-grade finished bearings and components. To date, the company has 5 production facilities and affiliated plants, with a combined yearly output of almost 120million bearing units and auxiliary bearing parts. Under the Mariam Precision Bearing brand, Mariam has made headway...
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...MODULE 2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PROGRAMME MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATIVE IMPROVEMENT CASE STUDY: “TROPHY PROJECT” GROUP ASSIGNMENT 05 JUNE 2012 We the undersigned hereby declare that this assignment is our own work. It has not been previously submitted for any other examination. Nocawa Johnson________________________________ Nolusindiso Mitani_________________________________ Welhemina Mnguni_________________________________ Content 1. Executive Summary………………………………………………………….....2 2. Body (Problems and Causes)……………………………………………….....3 2.1 Poor Planning…........................................................................................3 2.2 Programme behind schedule….................................................................4 2.3 Fruitless expenditure……………………………………………………...….4 2.4 Lack of Leadership………………………………………………………..….5 2.5 Lack of Communication……………………………………………….….….6 2.6 Lack of teamwork (no cohesion)……………………………………….……6 2.7 No goals and no objectives…………………………………………………..7 2.8 Conflict and Resistance………………………………………………………8 2.9 No Programme Management Office…………………………..………….….8 2.10 No required skills..........................................................................9 2.11 Lack of Technology……………………………………………….…9 2.12 Lack of Authority……………………………………………………10 3. About leadership in the top and functional management levels of the Organisation…………………………………………………………………...
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...evaluate the project management of the case: The case, The PCNet Project (A): Project Risk Management in an IT integration Project. We had look into the project definition phase of the PCNet project and discuss some of the problems that emerged during the project in relation to project definition phase. We also evaluated the role of the PCNet project manager and discussed some of the core skillsets demanded by the job role. The risk management aspect of the PCNet project was also studied in our report. Lastly we made recommendations to address the dilemma faced by Jack Muller, the project manager for the PCNet project. INTRODUCTION The case, The PCNet Project (A): Project Risk Management in an IT integration Project, describes an extensive, large and complex IT integration project, after the merger and acquisition between two companies. The case thoroughly discussed the project and risk of the IT integration project. The challenges and issues faced by the project managers and leaders were also highlighted in the case. This report aims to examine and evaluate the project and risk management of the project discussed in the case. In particular, we will analysis the following aspect of the case: 1. Project definition phase of the PCNet project. We will evaluate the project definition phase of the PCNet project and discuss some of the problems that emerged during the project in relation to project definition phase. 2. Role of the PCNet project manager. We will...
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...Scarbrough The University of Warwick, UK Harry.Scarbrough@wbs.ac.uk Robert Davison City University of Hong Kong isrobert@cityu.edu.hk Abstract This study firstly examines the current literature concerning ERP implementation problems during implementation phases and causes of ERP implementation failure. A multiple case study research methodology was adopted to understand “why” and “how” these ERP systems could not be implemented successfully. Different stakeholders (including top management, project manager, project team members and ERP consultants) from these case studies were interviewed, and ERP implementation documents were reviewed for triangulation. An ERP life cycle framework was applied to study the ERP implementation process and the associated problems in each phase of ERP implementation. Fourteen critical failure factors were identified and analyzed, and three common critical failure factors (poor consultant effectiveness, project management effectiveness and poo555îr quality of business process re-engineering) were examined and discussed. Future research on ERP implementation and critical failure factors is discussed. It is hoped that this research will help to bridge the current literature gap and provide practical advice for both academics and practitioners. Keywords: Critical Failure Factors, ERP Implementation, ERP Life Cycle. 1. Introduction An ERP system is an integrated software solution, typically offered by a vendor as a package that...
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...Information Technology Project Management Week 1 DQ 1 Student: Habib Poundja Botale Question: “Which skills do you think are most important for an information technology project manager? Can a project manager learn all of these skills, or are some innate?” In one way or another, we make plans and try to carry them out. For example, going on vacation, buying car, etc. To achieve them, taking as example an holiday trip, we project ourselves forward into the future, we visualize the destination, we get information on prices of airline tickets, of hotels, we define departure and return date, we take the plane, we rent a room, we enjoy the stay, then we come back home, full of new experiences. In this example, we can deduce that to complete a project, one must * be able to define the goal to achieve * be able to cut the achievement of the objective in several activities logically inter related (Analytical skills) * be able to find ways to solve and / or perform different tasks (Solution oriented) These capabilities are, usually, innate. However, it is possible that the holiday by taking the above example, goes wrong (ticket too expensive, poorly located hotel, not enough money on oneself, late return, etc.). To prevent any these inconveniences, the next time, we will define the holiday period depending on cost of tickets, of hotels, the cost of living in the region of destination, etc. Then we will define a budget, a return period taking account of uncertainties, etc. In...
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...CRANEFIELD COLLEGE OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT M2 PROGRAM MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATIVE IMPROVEMENT MODULE WESTRAND GROUP ASSIGNMENT The Trophy Project “Case Study” “We hereby declare that this assignment is entirely our own work, and that it has not previously been submitted to any other Higher Education Institution. We also declare that all published and unpublished sources have been fully acknowledged and properly referenced. This includes figures, tables and exhibits. Where modified by us, this has also been indicated.” Compiled by: Name | Signature | ID Number | Nomsa Thobane | | | Lucille Olivier | | | Misokuhle Thusi | | | Vuyani Mawetu Matoti | | | Brenda Neshishivhe | | | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Problem Identification 4 2.1 Structural Strategic Variables 4 2.1.1 Organisational structure 4 2.1.2 Other Structural Strategic Variables 5 2.2 Behavioural Strategy Variable 7 2.2.1 Management 7 2.2.2 Management Leadership 9 2.2.3 Functional Management Leadership 11 2.2.4 Project Management 12 2.2.5 Project Management Leadership 15 2.3 Operational Strategic Variables 16 3. Recommended Approach 16 3.1 Structural Strategic 16 3.1.1 Matrix Organisational Structure 16 3.2 Behavioural Strategic 18 3.2.1 Balance scorecard 18 3...
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...What is PRINCE2? - PRINCE2 Definition PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a process-based method for effective project management. PRINCE2 is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government and is widely recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. The method PRINCE2 is in the public domain, offering non-proprietorial best practice guidance on project management. PRINCE2 is a registered trademark of OGC. The key features of PRINCE2 are: • Its focus on business justification • A defined organisation structure for the project management team • Its product-based planning approach • Its emphasis on dividing the project into manageable and controllable stages • Its flexibility to be applied at a level appropriate to the project. PRINCE was established in 1989 by CCTA (the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency), since renamed the OGC (the Office of Government Commerce). PRINCE was originally based on PROMPT, a project management method created by Simpact Systems Ltd in 1975. PROMPT was adopted by CCTA in 1979 as the standard to be used for all Government information system projects. When PRINCE was launched in 1989, it effectively superseded PROMPT within Government projects. PRINCE remains in the public domain and copyright is retained by the Crown. PRINCE is a registered trademark of OGC. PRINCE2 was published in 1996, having been contributed to by a consortium of some 150 European organisations...
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...School of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management ------------------------------------------------- A Strategic Management Paper for Asian Technicon Managers And Consultants Inc. Submitted by: As partial fulfilment of the requirements of EMG166 – A1 Strategic Planning and Management 2th Quarter SY 2014 – 2015 Executive Summary TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES I. Introduction Asian Technicon Managers and Consultants, Inc. (ATMCI) was organized and incorporated in 1989. ATMCI is envisioned to be an answer to the call of the construction industry for an independent professional team that will act as the orchestrator among project participants: Owner/Developer, Designers, Specialist Consultants, Constructors and Suppliers, with ATMCI providing leadership of a project. With years of working together as the nucleus of the Project Management Team of one of the top corporations in the Philippines, with domestic and overseas operations, the Member of the Team formed a strong group that gave birth to Asian Technicon Managers and Consultants, Inc. Asian Technicon Managers and Consultants, Inc.(ATMCI) was currently one of the top 100 companies in the construction management industry. Services that they offer are the Total Project Management Services such as Project Initiation and Planning, Design and Specifications Coordination, Budget Estimates and Cost Planning, Procedures and Systems, Planning and Scheduling, Contract Documents...
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...DOCUMENT TYPE DOC NO. REVISION Quality Management Policy TITLE ISSUED BY QMP-001 EFFECTIVE DATE 1.0 PAGE Q Pharma Quality System Manual rJ Boatman 16 Feb 2007 1 of 32 SUPERCEDES CSSC QSM-001 iPT QSM-001 QUALITY MANAGEMENT POLICY QUALITY SYSTEM MANUAL QMP-001 Rev. 1.0 Prepared by Date (Signed) Jeff Boatman, Director of Quality Reviewed by 01 Feb 2007 Date (Signed) Alexis Stroud, Compliance Manager Reviewed by 07 Feb 2007 Date (Signed) Raymond Roggero, iPT Business Unit Manager Reviewed by 2/7/07 Date (Signed) Robert Lorence, CSSC Business Unit Manager Approved by 9 Feb 2007 Date (Signed) Patrick Den Boer, President and CEO 16 Feb 2007 ©2007 Q Pharma Incorporated. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution prohibited. CONTROLLED DOCUMENT • VERIFY LATEST REVISION • PRINTED COPY IS UNCONTROLLED IF NOT STAMPED IN RED DOCUMENT TYPE DOC. NO. REVISION Quality Management Policy TITLE QMP-001 1.0 PAGE Quality System Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS 0. Page 2 of 32 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................4 0.1 General...............................................................................................................................4 0.2 Process Approach ................................................................................................................
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...aerospace company with 7000 employees (Larson and Gray, 2011), evolved from a project organization structure for the matrix structure with prime objectives of utilizing limited resources effectively and reducing cost (Larson and Gray, 2011). Usually Orion would undertake three to five large projects and also work on thirty to fifty small projects (Larson and Gray, 2011). It was required that they eliminate higher production costs, low quality, customer dissatisfaction, and lack of strong project ownership to successfully complete the new high profile project code named Jaguar (Larson and Gray, 2011). Mike Rosas was assigned to be the project manager of Jaguar project which was the important project of ORIAN that had just been awarded by the government to build the next generation of high-speed, light-rail trains (Larson and Gray, 2011). Rosas realized that the increased competition always come with the higher performance expectations regarding completion time, quality, and reliability and cost. In addition, organizing and managing projects in Orion structure would be a key to achieve the expectation of Jaguar project. Due to cost utilization and the limitation of resources, the organization was developed to matrix structure (Larson and Gray, 2011). There were four persons who had responsibilities for different tasks on the completion of the project. However, project management was limited only to the design and development (Larson and Gray...
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...Executive Summary: The report of the plant manager for RIO BRAVO IV, a subsidiary of Packed Electrical a division of General Motors identifies mistakes made by top management. These mistakes clearly indicate top management failure to use project management principles in starting up a new manufacturing branch. It also points out the learning outcomes when good efforts are placed at the right places and with the right human talent employed. In the new economy organizations have to focus on the customer, environment and its resources and change their approach in doing business (paradigm shift). Senior management has to give clear goals and utilize the Total Quality Management (TQM) philosophy. Failure by top managed clearly state the objective of the project meant that it had no master plan and schedule. When the project was initiated the objective was to gain worldwide respect not to satisfy a customer and let the respect follow as an outcome. Top management failure is more evident through lack of proper feasibility study on the location and the customer getting customer Users Requirements Specifications (URS). There was no plan in place as such the project team did not exist at all. The machines were hastily installed; lay out set as per other factories not designed to cater for this customer. The location was never considered as what effect it might cause to the customer. Top management did not address the diversity issue an as a result communication was hampered by language...
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...Managing Project Table of Contents Introduction 3 Task 1: Different aspect of a Project 4 1.1 Core characteristics of a project: 4 1.2 Scope of the Project: 4 1.3 Critical Path Method and Gantt chart: 5 1.4 Cost appraisal method and its benefits: 6 1.5 Assessment and management risk: 6 1.6 Quality method used for successful completion of the project: 6 Task 2: Formal report on the project of ABEK Ltd: 7 2.1 Description of the project of ABEK Ltd: 7 2.2 Project lifecycle: 7 2.3 Breakdown of Project work: 9 2.4 Gantt chart: 9 2.5 Cost breakdown structure: 10 2.6 Network diagram: 10 2.6 Project management skills 11 2.8 Project manager leadership style: 11 2.9 Project Control Techniques: 12 Risk management: 12 Conclusion 13 References 14 Introduction Project is the combination of a series of sequential activities for attaining a specific goal within a specified time period utilizing a definite amount of resources. Project management is the process of attaining the desired goal by applying different techniques and strategies using the financial and human resource of the company. This assignment deals with the management of different types of project. In the first task, different aspects of a project is described along with characteristics, limitations, and scope and risk control. A PERT diagram is drawn for calculating the CPM and Gantt chart. In the second task, a formal report is prepared for ABEK limited. Task 1: Different aspect...
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...responsibility. A Manager is the individual in charge of arranging and coordinating the work of a group of people, observing their work, and making restorative move when vital. For some individuals, this is their first stride into an administration profession. Managers may coordinate specialists straightforwardly or they may coordinate a few directors who direct the laborers. The administrator must be acquainted with the work of the considerable number of groups he/she directs, however does not should be the best in any or the majority of the territories. It is more imperative for the supervisor to know how to deal with the specialists than to know how to do their function admirably. A director may have the ability to contract or fire representatives or to advance them. In bigger organizations, a supervisor might just prescribe such activity to the following level of administration. The supervisor has the power to change the work assignments of colleagues. A manager's title reflects what he/she is in charge of. An Accounting Manager directs the Accounting capacity. An Operations Manager is in charge of the operations of the organization. The Manager of Design Engineering oversees architects and bolsters staff occupied with outline of an item or administration. A Night Manager is in charge of the exercises that occur around evening time. There are numerous administration capacities in business and, along these lines, numerous administrator titles. Notwithstanding title, the manager is in...
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