What Is a Project
Resource 11.
TRAINING MODULE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(Created by the Institute for Development Management, Botswana for the NGO Institute, STF. (Some materials in this module have been extracted from “A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, 3rd. edition, 2004)
What is a project?
“A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.”
The Three P’s
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Working definition of project management
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.
(Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Institute 2004)
Project Management in Your Organization
• What are the current methods of project management in your organization?
• What project management issues is your organization facing?
Important Characteristics of Real Life Projects
• Accomplish with shared resources often only available on part-time basis • Require cross-functional team work • Involve uncertainty and are subject to change during execution • Subject to specific deadlines and time and resource constraints • Project manager often lacks functional authority over team members
Proven Benefits of Project Management
✓ Provides clear roles, responsibilities, activities and schedules for team efforts ✓ Includes a method for considering the consequences of decreasing or increasing funds, resources, time, or quality ✓ Specifies a detailed plan of how to achieve our objectives ✓ Assists in the realistic assignments of tasks and responsibilities to team members according to the skills and resources available ✓ Gives structure to communicating the progress of projects ✓ Allows teams to identify potential problems and take preventive action early ✓ Keeps management officers and project stakeholders well-informed and
TRAINING MODULE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(Created by the Institute for Development Management, Botswana for the NGO Institute, STF. (Some materials in this module have been extracted from “A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, 3rd. edition, 2004)
What is a project?
“A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.”
The Three P’s
[pic]
Working definition of project management
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.
(Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Project Management Institute 2004)
Project Management in Your Organization
• What are the current methods of project management in your organization?
• What project management issues is your organization facing?
Important Characteristics of Real Life Projects
• Accomplish with shared resources often only available on part-time basis • Require cross-functional team work • Involve uncertainty and are subject to change during execution • Subject to specific deadlines and time and resource constraints • Project manager often lacks functional authority over team members
Proven Benefits of Project Management
✓ Provides clear roles, responsibilities, activities and schedules for team efforts ✓ Includes a method for considering the consequences of decreasing or increasing funds, resources, time, or quality ✓ Specifies a detailed plan of how to achieve our objectives ✓ Assists in the realistic assignments of tasks and responsibilities to team members according to the skills and resources available ✓ Gives structure to communicating the progress of projects ✓ Allows teams to identify potential problems and take preventive action early ✓ Keeps management officers and project stakeholders well-informed and