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Session 2Project Management

Overview:What Is Project Management?


Learning Objectives

• Be able to define what a project is• Learn about the Project Management

Institute (PMI)• Learn what the Guide to the PMBOK

is• Learn the nine project management

knowledge areas• Determine the key skill areas in

project managers (PMs)• Understand the five process groups


• A project is:– A temporary endeavor designed to bring about

a unique product or service– An undertaken to meet a specific business

objective– Always temporary—having a definite start and

end date and with a unique end result.– Must begin with a clear goal and stakeholders.

What is a project?


What do you think?From the list below, pick out those

endeavors that constitute a project:– Reordering supplies for your company– Digging a foundation for a house– Learning how to fly a plane– Planning a European vacation– Preparing the yearly budget– Checking the level of suppressant in all of

the fire extinguishers


The Project Management Institute

(PMI)• Established 1969• Led by a chairperson and 15

board members• Four primary objectives:

• Education and knowledge acquisition

• Professional development and networking

• Career advancement and professional standards

• Products and services


There Are Two PMI Exams• CAPM

– 1500 hours of project management experience (for college graduates – 2500 hours for non-college grads) with a duration requirement

– 23 contact hours of PM training– 150 question, 3-hour, $300 test

• PMP– 4500 hours of project management

experience with a duration requirement– 35 contact hours of PM training– 200 question, 4-hour, $555 test– Requirements for continuation of

certification


Your PM Training and Advancement Plan

• Get your Project+ certification and develop on-the-job (or volunteer) project management experience-being careful to document any subsequent experience

• Sit for and obtain your CAPM. Continue with your PM experience. Join PMI.

• Sit for and obtain your PMP. Continue with your PM experience. Monitor certification continuation requirements.


About The PMBOK

• An important PMI book describing fundamental principles of sound project management

• Defines a project• Delineates projects versus

operations• Denotes the nine project

management areas• Denotes the five process groups


The Nine Project Management Knowledge

Areas1. Project Integration Management2. Scope Management3. Time Management4. Cost Management5. Quality Management6. Human Resource Management7. Communications Management8. Risk Management9. Procurement Management


The Skills a Good PM Displays

• Leadership• Oral

communications

• Written communications

• Listening• Organization• Time

management

• Planning • Problem

solving• Consensus

building• Conflict

resolution• Negotiation• Team

building


You Decide

Suppose that you’re the project manager in charge of constructing a new high-rise, or implementing a new computer system. – Is it necessary for the project manager

to be trained and skilled in a technical occupation in addition to the management skills listed in the previous slide?


Supporting DisciplinesIn addition to the general management skills needed, the PMBOK points out that PMs may require additional supporting disciplines such as:– Finance and accounting– Purchasing and procurement– Sales and marketing– Contracts and commercial law– Manufacturing and distribution– Logistics and supply chain– Strategic planning, tactical planning and

operational planning– Organizational structures, organizational behavior,

personnel administration, compensation, benefits and career paths

– Health and safety practices– Information technology


The Five PMI Process Groups

• Initiation• Planning• Executing• Controlling• Closing


Organizational Structures

• Functional

• Matrix

• Projectized


OPTIONAL: SDLC versus PMI Process Groups

Discuss the differences between the SDLC and PMI Process Groups


Next Steps• For this session:

– Be sure that you understand the nine project management knowledge areas

– Be able to describe the key skill areas of a typical PM– Be prepared to name the five PMI Process Groups– Name the three organizational structures and discuss

their differences

• For next session:– Read Chapter 2 and complete the end of chapter

review questions.– Take some time to go to the PMI Web site and get

acquainted with the organization

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