CHAPTER 1 What Is a Project? Things are not always what they seem. — Phaedrus‚ Roman writer and fabulist CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: N Define a project N List a project’s characteristics N Distinguish a project from a program‚ activity‚ and task N Understand the three parameters that constrain a project N Know the importance of defining and using a project classification rule N Understand the issues around scope creep‚ hope creep‚ effort creep
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Information Technology Project Management‚ Sixth Edition Describe the systems view of project management and how it applies to information technology projects Understand organizations‚ including the four frames‚ organizational structures‚ and organizational culture Explain why stakeholder management and top management commitment are critical for a project’s success Information Technology Project Management‚ Sixth Edition Copyright 2009 2 Understand the
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Technology Projects Global Technology Solutions 1 Introduction 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 The Software Crisis 4 Why IT Projects Fail 4 Improving the Likelihood of Success 6 A Socio-Technical Approach 6 A Project-Management Approach 7 A Knowledge-Management Approach 8 The Context of Project Management 9 What Is a Project? 9 Attributes of a Project 9 The Project Life Cycle and IT Development Define Project Goal 12 Plan Project 13 Execute Project Plan 13 Close Project 14 Evaluate Project 14 The
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1. Discuss the reasons why IT projects fail. Although there are many contributing factors to project failure‚ there are six common factors. 1. Undeveloped Project Goals: Poor project planning will almost always lead to failure. One main reason for this failure is the inability to agree on the missions‚ goals‚ or objectives that the project is attempting to undertake. It is necessary that specific plans and requirements for the project are instituted in the development phase. Failure to do this
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Postgraduate Program Subject Outline Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering http://my.uowdubai.ac.ae Subject Code: ENG951 Session: Autumn Subject Name: Project Management Year: 2012 Section: One LECTURE INFORMATION Day: Monday and Wednesday Time: 18:00 – 21:00 Location: Lecturer’s Name: DR KAMAL JAAFAR Building & Office No: Block 15 Office 126 E-mail Address: kamaljaafar@uowdubai.ac.ae Consultation Days and Times: MONDAY 16:00- 18:00 WEDNESDAY
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retaliatory capability of the United States could and would inflict vast destruction. Hundreds of millions of dollars were committed to ideas concerning technology that had not been developed as yet. Aerospace and defense contractors were growing without bounds‚ thanks to cost-plus-percentage-of-cost contract awards. Speed and technological capability were judged to be significantly more important than cost. To make matters worse‚ contracts were often awarded to the second or third most qualified
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SYSTEMS IM 3045: PROJECT MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL TASK 1 APPLICATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Project management principle determines its transferability across different industries. This study compared construction‚ information systems‚ and human resources‚ and accounting utilities industries with respect to typical project size‚ project management uncertainties‚ and qualifications of project managers. Results from the study found 80% of project management tasks being general
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Guideline for MGT 210 Group Project Section 15 & 16‚ FALL 2012 Faculty: TqM Project Theme: Analyzing an organization from the management perspective. The organization must be an established and operational organization and not any fictitious one. The analysis should be carried out by conducting an interview with a manager of the organization. Chapter 1 1. Organization’s background (when established‚ mission‚ vision‚ goal‚ functions‚ etc.). Universal Foods Ltd. was established in 1990
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Role of Project Manager A Project manager is one of the most important role for effective Project management‚ described as “[to] take responsibility for planning‚ implementing and completing the project” (Meredith & Mantel‚ 2000: 85) getting the right person on the right job with careful section which this person must be able to collaborate resources for the project and to able to deliver a clear message and direction on the job‚ coordination and integration to the whole project team‚ it is also
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1. What are the reasons the author advances the project management to be considered an "accidental profession?" The twelve guidelines are presented in no particular order. Order them by level of importance and explain your reasoning 2. Where would you place yourself in Figure 2? 3. A few of the guidelines are related to the need to understand the reason for the project in the first place. Which guidelines would you place in this category? Why is this so crucial? 4. Why
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