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Project Management & Project Management Software. Yale Braunstein School of Information Management & Systems UC Berkeley. Getting started. Think in terms of tasks & resources Tasks should be easily defined There should be a “reasonable” number of tasks - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Project Management &Project Management
SoftwareYale Braunstein
School of Information Management & Systems
UC Berkeley
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Getting started Think in terms of tasks & resources
Tasks should be easily defined There should be a “reasonable” number
of tasks Task properties: duration, predecessors,
etc. “Critical” tasks Milestones Summary tasks (optional, but useful) Assign resource(s) to each task
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Sample sets of tasks - 1 This example is adapted from a project a few years ago.
It includes tasks that are “do it” and “analyze it” in nature. (Tasks are not in chronological order.)
1. Create master stock element records for all current stock elements. 2. Transfer stock elements on neg to analog video. 3. Link videotapes' metadata to master stock records. 4. Progress report due in IS208. 5. Develop plan to link metadata for existing high-res digital versions of stock elements to master records in template database. 6. Analyze possible low-res movie file standards. 7. Decide on low-res movie file standard to be used in new system. 8. Create low-res movie files of all existing analog video and/or high-res digital copies of stock elements. 9. Final report due in IS208 10. Compare in-house asset management system development with purchase of 3rd-party software. 11. Migrate data from template database to newly developed database. 12. Begin testing usability and accuracy of new system. 13. Publish new stock elements database on company intranet .
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Sample sets of tasks – 2a Meet with client and decide on scope of project Develop information gathering plan Design survey Get authorization for survey Pilot-test survey Revise survey Select sample for survey Administer survey Analyze survey results Compile list of candidate systems Develop template for comparing alternatives Decide on "short list" Do detailed technical analysis of alternatives Do detailed cost analysis of alternatives
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Sample sets of tasks – 2b Tasks (continued)
Draft comparative sections of report Revise comparative sections of report Write implementation plan Write evaluation plan Write final report Prepare oral presentation
And here are the milestones: Submit information gathering protocol and instrument Submit progress report Submit economic feasibility report Submit process diagram(s) Submit final report Give oral presentation
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Project 2000 “project map”
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Project 98 “project map”
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A Non-linear View
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Planning Phase
Analysis Phase
Design Phase
Implementation Phase
2: SystemRequest
2: FeasibilityAnalysis
3: Work Plan
3: Staffing Plan
3: Risk Assessment
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4: AnalysisPlan
5: As-Is System Summary
6: As-Is Use Cases
6: As-Is Process Model
7: As-Is Data Model
5: To-Be System Concept
6: To-Be Use Cases
6: To-Be Process Model
7: To-Be Data Model
5: ImprovementOpportunities
8: Physical ProcessModel
8: Physical DataModel
9: Infrastructure Design
9: Network Model
9: Hardware/SoftwareSpecifications
9: Security Plan
10: Interface Structure
10: Interface Standards
11:User Interface Template
11: User Interface Design
12: Data Storage Design
13: Program Structure
13: Program Specifications
8: Revised Use Cases
14: Test Plan
14: User Documentation
14: Tested System
8: DesignPlan
15: Conversion Plan
15: Change Management Plan
15: Support Plan
Delivered System14: Programs
Project Assessment
3: Charter3: Standards
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Using MS Project
Initial steps Set initial parameters Enter tasks Link tasks Enter resources Assign resources to tasks
Additional steps Enter milestones Enter fixed costs
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Analysis with MS Project
Look at Critical Path & identify slack Use MS Project's "Gantt Chart Wizard"
Check if resource used more than 100%
Group tasks; Split tasks
Remember baselines
Customize printouts
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Track progress with MS Project
Several alternatives Enter % completed Enter time to complete Enter date completed
(more than one is allowed)
Choose additional reports
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Determine the Critical Path
What is the critical path? The critical path is the series of tasks (or
even a single task) that dictates the calculated finish date of the project. That is, when the last task in the critical path is completed, the project is completed.
If it's important for your project to finish on schedule, pay close attention to the tasks on the critical path and the resources assigned to them. These elements determine whether your project will finish on time.
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Critical Path - continued
The series of tasks are generally interrelated by task dependencies. Although there are likely to be many such networks of tasks throughout your project plan, the network finishing the latest is the project's critical path.
Note that the critical path can change from one series of tasks to another as you progress through the schedule. The critical path can change as critical tasks are completed, or tasks in another series of tasks are delayed. There is always one overall critical path for any project schedule. The new critical path then becomes the series of tasks you track more closely to ensure the finish date you want.
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Gantt chart
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Tracking Gantt chart
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The critical path
Using the PERT Chart view
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The critical path
Using View / More Views / Detail Gantt