specialization
Project Quality Management
What is a project?
A friend may say, “I’m going to clean the garage this weekend, it’s going to be a real project.
Your boss come to you on that clean, sunny day afternoon and says”, I have a small project for you that you should be able to finish by the close of the business.
What do all those projects have in common?
They all have the essential elements:
A project is temporary
A project is undertakings and it has temporary in nature; that means has a clearly defined start and finish.
A project has progressive elaboration.
The term progressive elaboration means developing the projects in steps and continuing increments.
A project consists of a well-defined collection of small tasks or activities and events with a project scheduling, indicating the preferred sequence of execution for those tasks and events.
Examples of:
Task- is installing cables, speakers, etc.
Events- are an electrician completing his work at the residence.
Note: within the project management profession the terms task and activity are used interchangeably
Which are tasks?
Which are events?
II. A project requires resources.
A project cannot come to a successful conclusion without resources being put toward it.
Resources can be:
- People
- Materials
- Assets
- Other items you might need to be ready to use on the job,
Examples of people as the resources
Installer: 20 hours of installation time.
PM: 5 hours of project management time
Materials as resources
Assets as resources
Delivery truck
Assorted construction equipment
A project has a sponsor (client)
All projects have interested parties called stakeholders
In the case of residential /building integration, they can be the builder, the electrician, the roofer, other subcontractors, and the custom installer or home integration.
III. A project has a manger
Project managers in all industries manage projects.
They follow the project from start to finish, and they are in charge of how a
What is a project?
A friend may say, “I’m going to clean the garage this weekend, it’s going to be a real project.
Your boss come to you on that clean, sunny day afternoon and says”, I have a small project for you that you should be able to finish by the close of the business.
What do all those projects have in common?
They all have the essential elements:
A project is temporary
A project is undertakings and it has temporary in nature; that means has a clearly defined start and finish.
A project has progressive elaboration.
The term progressive elaboration means developing the projects in steps and continuing increments.
A project consists of a well-defined collection of small tasks or activities and events with a project scheduling, indicating the preferred sequence of execution for those tasks and events.
Examples of:
Task- is installing cables, speakers, etc.
Events- are an electrician completing his work at the residence.
Note: within the project management profession the terms task and activity are used interchangeably
Which are tasks?
Which are events?
II. A project requires resources.
A project cannot come to a successful conclusion without resources being put toward it.
Resources can be:
- People
- Materials
- Assets
- Other items you might need to be ready to use on the job,
Examples of people as the resources
Installer: 20 hours of installation time.
PM: 5 hours of project management time
Materials as resources
Assets as resources
Delivery truck
Assorted construction equipment
A project has a sponsor (client)
All projects have interested parties called stakeholders
In the case of residential /building integration, they can be the builder, the electrician, the roofer, other subcontractors, and the custom installer or home integration.
III. A project has a manger
Project managers in all industries manage projects.
They follow the project from start to finish, and they are in charge of how a