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International project management

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STT: 50

Chapter 2: Project initiation: khởi tạo dự án


Preparation, form the groups, think about problems and solutions

B1:
Project def: is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or
result.
→ certificate: product
Knowledge: result
Educational service

→Quasi project: have unidentify task, timeframe, person in charge however all
the people all know abt the deadline, budget, task after that.
- Main characteristic:
- Time bound
- resource limited
- Temporary
- Risky
- Unique: each project is implemented in unique way to produce the same
outcome
- Beneficial changes
- Progressive elaboration: must be performed step by step

project process

More risky Less risky


Unique and temporary Routine
Tasks that are performed over and
over again
Running a political campaign → it depends bcs if the company do
this political campaign is professional and they do it again and
again → process

Running a retail business → process bcs no one expect the business


go to the end
- 1 project of 1 enterprise: start - up
- Many different projects in 1 enterprise: apple with many projects with
iphone
- 1 project launched by many enterprises:
- Many projects launched by many enterprises:
Project Stakeholders: customer, investor, government, sponsor, BOD, suppliers, employees,
shareholder, local community

Public interest group: BETA group: care abt animals


Project Management
Def: Project management is the art and science of converting vision into reality.
(Turner, 1996)

Concepts: 2 major aspects


ART + SCIENCE
- SCIENCE: use , imply the tools and techniques to manage the project
- ART: the art of managing the people
Basic steps:
1. Identify goals, stakeholders, form team
Projects management process
1. Identify and frame the problem or opportunities
2. Identify and define the best project solution
3. Identify task and resource requirements
4. Prepare the control schedule and resource allocationplan
How to define success
1. Reach the goal
2. Project efficiency
3.
4.
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CHAPTER 2: PROJECT INTITIATION
Preparation, form the groups, think about problems and solutions

Structure

● Project Identification
● Project Selection
● Project Organizational Structure and Personnel
1. Project Identification
Identify the scope of the project ( the objectives, tasks and outcomes of a project)
→ Info need:
- Situation
- Objectives/ Goals (SMART rule)
-
2. Project selection
- Definition: Project selection is the process of evaluating proposed projects or groups
of projects and then choosing to implement some set of them that best meets the
strategic goals of the organization.
- To prepare for project selection
- Finalize a detailed list of firm’s goals (SMART rule)
- Evaluate the importance of each goal in the relationship with other goals
(weighted)
- Identify the expected contribution of each project to each goals.
→ A project is selected or rejected because it is predicted to have certain
outcomes, if implemented, which contribute to goal achievement.
-
1. f, a, b
2. a,f,g
3. c,b,f,a,d
4. b,f,d,e
5. e,b,c,f
6. d,e
- Types of nonnumeric models
- Sacred cow: con bò thiêng: a project suggested by the top management
→ finished when the top manager satisfied or unsatisfied
- Operating necessity: A project is required in order to protect lives or property
or to keep the company in operation
- Competitive necessity: required in order to maintain the company’s position in
the mktplace
- Comparative benefit: are subjectively rank ordered based on their perceive
benefit to the company
- Project charter (Điều lệ dự án) : 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. It is
a crucial ingredient in planning the project because it is used throughout
the project lifecycle. → after project proposal
- Project proposal: is a set of documents submitted for evaluation, may be
brief or extensive, formal or informal. → initial stage
- Project Organizational Structure and Personnel
- Traditional Forms of Organization
1. Functional
- Project belongs to functional department
- Make it a part of one of the functional divisions
- More than one choice may exist
- If support from other areas is needed, they are expected to
help support the project
- Another way is to assign the work to all divisions with the top
management overseeing the effort
2. Projectized
3. Matrix

½: number of working hours

4. Composite
- Project manager
- 3 groups of quality required
- Have knowledge (IQ)
- Have skills (EQ)
- MQ (managerial)
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CHAPTER 3: PROJECT PLAN (PP)

Step 1: Work Breakdown Structure - WBS (Tasks, Subtasks


Work packages)
The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• A primary purpose of the WBS is to ensure that no task is overlooked
• Every task, no matter how small, should be listed
Along with material and human resources
• This is a non-trivial task
Step 2: Sequence activities

• List of sequence activities


• Network diagram

Step 3: Estimate resources and durations


Zero-slack: không có độ dự trữ
Crash a project: Project crashing is when you shorten the duration of a project by reducing
the time of one or more tasks
How:
- Apply technology
- Prioritize critical task
- Hire more workers
- Overtime
→ cost you more money

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