Proj 430 Course Guide Week 1 - 8

This course provides the foundation for successful project planning, organization, and implementation within the realm of information technology. The course uses real-world examples and identifies common mistakes and pitfalls in project management. Topics covered include project scoping, estimating, budgeting, scheduling and staffing, tracking and controlling, and software tools for project management.

• Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that adds to the project begun last week. Check to ensure the project’s triple constrains are still valid. Address the following items in your paper: o Phase I – Update SOWa. • Using the SOW from last week, review and update it based on course material acquired during the last week. Include in the update the SMART requirements for the project. 1) • Identify the specific tasks required to complete each item listed on the SOW. Identify the resources required to accomplish each task.2) o Phase II – Project Schedule and Budget Update b. • Arrange the tasks into a schedule that takes into consideration the required dependencies between tasks. Computerized project management software is required. 1) • Present the schedule in either PERT or Gantt chart format. Identify the critical path through the network. 2) • Review the network results and compare to the project’s triple constraint. Specifically compare the following: 3) o Timing o Budget o Project specifications (scope and SMART)

The author of this book defines a project as simply a unique specific deliverable that meets a specific purpose. Each project has three components which affect the others: specific scope, schedule, and required resources. Specific scope is the desired results or product while the schedule establishes beginning and ending dates for the project. Required resources are the number of people, funds or other resources needed to complete the project.

I will be presenting Project 2010 and provide you with some ticks of the trade. I will be using three or four manuals for my presentations.

Project management and by extension portfolio management are curious disciplines. They attempt to present simple methodologies for guiding an activity (or group thereof) through all its stages from inception to completion, within defined cost and time boundaries. Many of

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This artifact was completed as an individual assignment for the PMGT 614 course. The reflection paper is evidence of my understanding of analytical techniques. The paper addresses the integrated relationships between project planning and monitoring, project control, and the intricate nature of guiding a project from start to finish

you ought to think like the general manager of an NBA franchise: You’ve got to fill 12 chairs with the hottest people you can draft. And when it comes to picking your projects, you need to think like a venture capitalist: You bet on cool people who have demonstrated their capacity to deliver cool projects. When it comes to Wow Projects, you need to remember one essential fact: Contrary to all of the project-management literature and all of the project-software checklists, the point of the exercise is not to do a “good job” of managing the project that your boss dumped into your lap. It’s to use every project opportunity that you can get your hands on to create surprising new ways of looking at old problems. To do that, you need to understand the four

Project milestones are very critical in determining the progress of a project implementation because they are benchmarked on the project time or schedule estimates. In this project, the milestones are:

The companies that efficiently solve their projects issues and portfolio concerns will differentiate themselves from their competition. The projects that companies work to complete with the many different project methodologies demonstrate where the business is now, and the portfolio of projects of the organization demonstrate where the organization is headed. To effectively manage the tremendous number of projects that leaders face today in their organizations, they look to methods and processes that aid them in effectively managing a group of projects. The method used to help in this endeavor is Portfolio Project Management (PPM).

Institute, Project M. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, 5th Edition. PMI, 01/2013. VitalBook

The project wasn’t without its fair share of trials and tribulations with a number of hurdles along the way that threatened to derail the project’s completion. As a whole, this project shows that there are always going to be unexpected issues or changes in a project, and it’s the way that the management team deals with these issues that dictates the overall success of the project.

The paper rates each of the four phases using the following project management knowledge areas: Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resource, Communication, Risk, Procurement, and Integration Management. An Excellent (5) rating was provided to the project management areas where the project management team were so successful. A Very Good (4) was given for the areas in which the project management team performed very well. A Good (3) was given for the areas in which the project management team performed well. A Poor (2) was given to the areas which had just applied new procedures. A Very Poor (1) rating was given to the project management areas in which either were not achieved the needed goals or were implemented unsuccessfully. In the fifth phase “Lessons Learned” we have studied the whole project, identified the area of improvements and learned how such adjustments can be used in coming

In a world growing more dynamic and challenging, individuals and institutions seek new ways to adapt to the changing times. One specific solution in this sense is represented by project management. The concept is often associated with the business community, where the projects are business related, but its application in real life is far wider. Particularly, project management is an integrant part of how we organize our personal and professional actions and it impacts every aspect of our lives.

1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge; PMBOK Guide. 2008 Fourth edition. United States of America. Project Management Institute, Inc.