Project Management Learning Materials
Project Management Learning Materials
MANAGEMENT
When you hear about
PROJECT, what comes to
your mind ?
Process Groups:
I. Initiating
II. Planning
Organisational
Projects III. Executing
Influences
IV. Monitoring and Controlling
V. Closing
Knowledge Areas:
Project I. Integration Management
II. Scope Management
Project
Management III. Time Management Life Cycle
IV. Cost Management
V. Quality Management
VI. Human Resource Management
VII. Communications Management
VIII. Risk Management
IX. Procurement Management Project
Project X. Stakeholder Management Management
Manager Knowledge
Areas
Project
PROJECT
Sponsor
TEAM Project
Stakeholders
ORGANISATION Manager
CHART
Project Project Project
Team Team Team
TYPES OF PROJECTS
Based on
Development and
Implementation Other Projects
Stage
The 5 phases of the project life cycle
1 2 3 4 5
INITIATING PLANNING EXECUTION MONITORING CLOSING
Manpower Facilities
Environment
Tools Financing
Plan Resource Management
1. Project Charter
1. Expert judgement
2. Project management plan 1. Resource management plan
2. Data representation
3. Project Documents 2. Team charter
3. Organisational theory
4. Enterprise environmental factors 3. Project documents updates
4. Meetings
5. Organisational process assets
PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES
Comparison
Waterfall provides
Lean is a problem- simple framework for
Agile project Task are represented Six Sigma is a method
solving tool for planning projects.
management visually on a board, that provides
eliminating waste and Tasks are in
methodology provides allowing team organization tools to
removing wasteful sequential order. The
flexible , iterative members to see the improve the capability
activities that don’t team completes one
design and build state of every piece of of their business
add value to the task or step then
process work at any time. processes.
process. performs the next
step.
Project Management Tools
1. Gantt Chart 11. Critical Path Methods (CPM)
2. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 12. Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
3. Project Network Diagrams 13. Earned Value Management
4. Kanban Boards 14. Stakeholder Mapping
5. Risk Matrix 15. Feasibility Study
6. Timesheets 16. Project Pipeline Management
7. Project Dashboards
8. Project Reports
9. Agile Project Management
10. PERT
Gantt Chart
The Gantt chart is a visualization of work data over time; the units of work being tasks, or phases
and program increments at a higher level.
TASK 2 TASK 5
START END
Duration: 6 days Duration: 6 days
Task B Task C
4 days 3 days Critical Path Method (CPM) technique is used to
While sequencing the WBS is not important, it may be organized based on the selected project life-cycle process, which has implied order.
Waterfall
(Plan Driven)
Requirements
Analysis
Design
- Define project scope
- Stakeholder interviews
- User Research
- Requirements gathering Implementation
- Kick-off meeting
Project Timeline
Cost – Benefit Analysis
Context-specific
benefits
Benefits of process
change
Cost of mitigation
and risk realization
Cost
Cost of acquisition
and implementation
LEAN SIX SIGMA MODEL
Define the problem and the Analyse the process. Define Assure that improvements
objectives factors of influence will sustain
D M A I C
Define Measure Analyse Improve Control