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Why have a Project Plan?
• Developing an initial course of action toward a well-
defined set of objectives
Eclectic Model
Project Plan
Execution: carrying
out the project plan
Integrated Change
Control: coordinating
changes across the
entire project
Project Plan Development
• to coordinate all project planning
documents
Knowledge &
Tools & techniques
skills
Core Knowledge Areas
Core Knowledge Areas:
Objectives
Facilitating Knowledge
◦ Scope
Areas: Achievement
◦ Time ◦ Human Resources
◦ Cost ◦ Communication
◦ Quality ◦ Risk
◦ Procurement
◦ Project Integration
Management
• Structure your project properly (use framework if possible)
• Maintain good coding practice in team
• Use tools to increase team efficiency
Time
Scope Cost
Integration
Procurement Quality
Risk People
Communication
The nine knowledge areas of project
management:
Team Focus
Technology Focus
PM Software
Global Focus
PM Professional Focus
Nine Project Management
Knowledge Areas
Knowledge areas describe the key competencies
that project managers must develop
– 4 core knowledge areas lead to specific project
objectives (scope, time, cost, and quality)
– 4 facilitating knowledge areas are the means
through which the project objectives are achieved
human resources, communication, risk, and
procurement management
– 1 knowledge area (project integration management)
affects and is affected by all of the other knowledge
areas
MCM 1262 IT Project Mgmt
Chap 1 - 44
Project Stakeholders
• Stakeholders are the people involved in or
affected by project activities
• Stakeholders include
• the project sponsor and project team
• support staff
• customers
• users
• suppliers
• opponents to the project
300,000
267,367
250,000
221,144
200,000
# PMPs
175,194
150,000
100,000 102,047
76,550
50,000 52,443
40,343
27,052
18,184
6,415 10,086
2,800 4,400
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1,000 1,900
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Year
That’s why we
have to learn
Project
Management
Project Management Software
• By 2001, there were hundreds of different
products to assist in performing project
management
• Three main categories of tools:
– Low-end tools: Handle single or smaller
projects well, cost under $200 per user
– Midrange tools: Handle multiple projects and
users, cost $200-500 per user, Project 2000
most popular
– High-end tools: Also called enterprise project
management software, often licensed on a
per-user basis
What is a project?
• A project is “a temporary endeavor
undertaken to create a unique product,
service, or result” (PMBOK® Guide, Fourth
Edition)
• Other attributes:
Is developed using progressive elaboration
Requires resources, often from various areas
Involves uncertainty
– Executive support
– User involvement
– Experienced project manager
– Well defined scope and requirements
Advantages of Using Formal Project
Management Practices
Improvement in customer satisfaction
Better cost performance, higher return on
investment
Better schedule performance, better
allocation of time commitments and better
utilization of resources, higher productivity
Increased quality reducing re-work
Increase in delivering required features
Will make everyone happier (stakeholders,
team members, management)
There are several ways to define
project success
Termination
Execution
Planning
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