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Summary of Chapter 01 of Project Management
Project Management

Lecture April 26, 2012

1

Overview
Project planning V + Execution
• Repetition
• Monitoring • Control • Summary

2

Overview of the Project and Organization Structures
Board of Management Department A Department B Department C

• Pure project organization

Projekt A

Projekt B

PM A

PM B

Board of Management

• Influence project organization

PM

Staff

Department A Department B Department C

• Matrix project organization
Project 1

Executive board Department A Department B Department C

Project related directives
Project 2

Function related directives

3

Conflict intensity over the project life Forming a high performance team II cycle

• Schedule and technical conflicts are most frequent and serious in the build up and main program stage, and schedule conflict in particular during the phase-out stage.
4

Information Matrix: Example
Project: Characteristics Type of information Verbal information Project board presentation Executive committee meeting Reviews PL / E Project discussion PL Project team weekly EC EC EC -BU PL monthly end of stage, subproject end (protocol) PL EC / BU EC as necessary monthly / as necessary as necessary protocol Responsible reporter Distributor/ participants Deadline/ frequency Remarks

PL
EC / PL

protocol protocol Source: Litke, H.-D.: Projektmanagement. Hanser 1995. S. 153

Written information
Project status report Interim report final report Employment report PL PL PL Project team

project end weekly PL = Project leader EC = executive committee E = employee
5

Project Start

6

Phase Models
Project Initiation

Project Planning

Project Start

Feedback Loops

Project Implementation

Project Completion

7

Project Start Often Unclear
Reality shows that …
• Projects are started spontaneously • projects are not communicated internally • project plan is not finished • project organization is not defined • no resources
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