self-Reflective of Management of Project course
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week1.pptxIntroduction to Project Management and ENGM 60061
Dr Kun Wang
Intended learning outcome
By the end of this course, we expect you to:
1. Be able to define ‘project’ and ‘project management’
2. Get to know the development of project management discipline
3. Identify the characteristics and the key terms of managing projects
4. Have an overview of ENGM60061
1. Definition of ‘Project’ and ‘Project Management’
1.1 Definition of ‘Project’
1.1.1 Etymology of project:
“c. 1400: projecte, "a plan, draft, scheme, design"
Medieval Latin:proiectum "something thrown forth"
Modern English:The word “project” means something thrown forth or out; an idea or conception (Oxford English Dictionary);
1.1.2 Definitions from Associations
According to the (Project Management Institute, USA)PMI:
“A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service.”
According to the (Association for Project Management, UK )APM, a project is:
“An undertaking which, via a series of planned activities, is designed to achieve a particular objective by a particular time.”
The word “project” means something thrown forth or out; an idea or conception
| Characteristics | |
| Temporary, particular time | Dead woods VS high motivated members New knowledge VS no time to get familiar Deadlines Feeling unsafe about the position Flexible leadership skills More justification on benefits … |
A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service.
An undertaking which, via a series of planned activities, is designed to achieve a particular objective by a particular time.
Our thoughts
Reading
A theory of the temporary organization
https://www-sciencedirect-com.manchester.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/095652219500036U
Predicting temporary agency workers' behaviors: Justice, volition, and spillover
You can search “behaviour”
OR “management”
AND “temporary organisation” and try to categorise the topic yourself
Recommended tool: University library webpage, google scholar, web of science, Scopus
1.2 Definition of Project Management
The word “project” means something thrown forth or out; an idea or conception (Oxford English Dictionary); “management” is “the art of arranging physical and human resources towards purposeful ends” (Wren 2005: 12).
Project management therefore means…the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters. Project management has final deliverables that are constrained to a finite timescale and budget.
1.2.1 Key roles in managing a project
Project sponsor
Project sponsor is an individual or a group that provides resources and support for the project and is accountable for enabling success.
Project clients is the person(s) or organization(s) that will pay for the project's product, service, or result.
Clients
Project Manager
Other stakeholders
Project Board
Project Team members
Project team
1.2.2 Throw a project forth
Project management application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters. Project management has final deliverables that are constrained to a finite timescale and budget.
Project goals are the high-level benefits that the project should generate, while project objectives are the specific milestones or steps that are needed to complete them. If you don’t have a clear target your project is going to miss the mark.
Objective should be
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time bound
1.2.2 Throwing-a-project-forth – 2
Deliverables
Project deliverables refer to all of the outputs—tangible or intangible—that are submitted within the scope of a project.
Scope
What is included in your project and what is not
Business case
A business case essentially states the reasons for undertaking the project. It explains business needs that the project will meet and what are the expected benefits and return on investment for project stakeholders.
1.2.3 Output of your initial thoughts – a project charter
A project charter is a formal, typically short document that describes your project in its entirety — including what the objectives are, how it will be carried out, and who the stakeholders are.
2. Development of Modern Project Management Discipline
3300BC – 2000BC
Liangzhu China
2686 BC－ 2181 BC
Pyramids, Egypt
2.1 Get separated from engineering
US defence –aerospace sector, 1953
InterContinental Ballistic Missiles
2.1.1 Managing complex engineering system
Urgent
High-complex
How fast can we get it?
Make it controllable
2.1.2 Main tools to response management needs of complex system
How fast can we get it?
Developed by Dupont, Critical Path Method is a technique used to predict project duration by analysing which sequence of activities has the least amount of flexibility.
Make it controllable – project life cycle
Different terms used to describe the phases in a project’s life cycle:
Initiation – Planning – Execution – Closeout
Concept – Definition – Development – Handover and Closeout – Benefits Realisation
Defining – Planning – Executing – Delivering
Key Variables Across Project Life Cycles
Make it controllable – work breakdown structure (WBS)
WBS is an exhaustive, hierarchical tree structure of deliverables and tasks that need to be performed to complete a project.
2.2 Get separated from general management
Project management can help a company
achieve its strategic goals in the light of:
Compressed product life cycles with a narrow product launch windows
Increasingly complex and technical products
Increased customer focus
Emergence of global markets/competition
Temporary competitive advantage
Strategic agility and emergent strategies
Views of project success and failure
The success of project management is measured in terms of completing the project within the constraints of Cost, Time, Scope and Quality(resources, and risk).
These were searched within International journal of Project Management
2.3 On becoming an independent profession
What do you mean by project management ?
Everything is project management…???
3. Overview of ENGM 60061 coursework
Please check
Unit guide / assessment areas for deadlines
Assignment brief for requirements
