22 Aug Everyone has been involved in projects What is the largest project you have been involved in? Write one sentence that describes the objective of the project. Describe specifically
Everyone has been involved in projects. What is the largest project you have been involved in? (You do not have to have been the project manager, but could have played another role.) (*As a Business Analyst)
- Write one sentence that describes the objective of the project.
- Describe specifically how this project meets the definition of a project used in this textbook. (How is it unique? What were the time constraints? If it is over, how did you know it was over? If it is ongoing, how will you know when it is over?
- What was your role? Were you the project manager, a volunteer, some other role? If you were not the project manager, who was?
- Was the project part of a larger portfolio or program of projects?
- Who else was involved?
- What was the budget?
- Did you anticipate any risks at the outset? Did the project experience any outside forces that caused a change in either the objectives or the approach to achieving those objectives?
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Project Management Past and Present
This chapter introduces project management as an important activity in many different careers and industries.
The chapter presents a brief overview of the history of project management tools and project management professionalism.
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Careers Using Project Management Skills
Everyone carries out projects, every role in every organization.
Projects can be any size from one-person doing his or her homework to thousands of people working together with billion-dollar budgets.
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Project management skills
Planning
Communication
Delivering results
Monitoring risks
Managing resources
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Industry sectors
Business owners
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Arts, Media and Entertainment
Building Trades and Construction
Energy and Utilities
Engineering and Design
Fashion
Finance
. . . continued on next slide
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Industry sectors (continued)
Health and Human Services
Hospitality, Tourism and recreation
Manufacturing and Product Development
Education
Public Services
Retail and Wholesale Trade
Transportation
Information Technology
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History of Project Management
Early methodologies not well-documented, but results still stand: the pyramids, Stonehenge, mass human migrations
Late 19th century
Construction of intercontinental railroad, other large projects
Early 20th Century
Frederick Taylor created Scientific Management of industrial processes
Henry Gantt developed a bar-chart approach to illustrating timing of project tasks and progress
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Mid-20th century
CPM and PERT methodologies identified the importance of task sequences, task dependencies and the concept of the critical path.
Project management as a profession
Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) was created
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Today
Increasing recognition of project management as a specialized set of skills applicable to many different industries
Project Management certifications: PMP, CAPM, specializations
PMBOK is in its 5th edition
Variations on methodologies:
phased (waterfall approach)
Agile methods
The importance of integrating projects into portfolios and programs
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Summary
Project management has existed as long as humans have worked together to achieve goals
Project management skills are useful in all careers
Project management takes place in all industries
Project management tools and methodologies have evolved over the past century and a half:
Scientific management
Gantt chart
Pert/CPM network diagrams
There are associations of professional project managers that set standards for the practice of project management
PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge or PMBOK, currently in its fifth edition.
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