‘Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen...

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...others make it happen’

What is a Project?A one-off, temporary activity with a clear start and a clear end.

It has full or part-time resources clearly assigned to it.

It has a temporary management hierarchy that takes precedence over the company hierarchy.

It sets out to deliver something and is governed by constraints.

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TIME

BUDGET SCOPE

Every Project is aCompromise between

QUALITY

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So...• Finite time• People assigned• Clear roles and responsibilities• Things to deliver

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Hmm...

• Not enough time• Too few people• People not sure what they should be doing• Too much to do

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RiskRisk is a major factor to be considered during the management of any project, we need to make sure we identify, control and mitigate risks.

Once you have identified the threats and the weaknesses you could pull together a risk log, a central source of all information about the risks, their analysis, dependencies, countermeasures and the status of the risk.

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Planning• Critical paths/timings• Briefs• Budgets and estimates• Change requests (at implementation stage)

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Implementation• Methodology• Managing project team effectively• Multitasking• Communication

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Evaluation• Identify Criteria• Collect information• Analyse• Report• IMPROVE

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