Mastering Digital Media Project Management November 22, 2007 By: Nagehan & Ahmad
Project TimeBudget ResourcesTasks
The arrangement of related tasks in time.
Cooking Lunch TimeBudget ResourcesTasks
10 Euros ResourcesTasks Cooking Lunch 3 hours
10 Euros Resources individual work items that has a beginning and an end required to complete the project. 3 hours Tasks - Buy materials - Cooking the lunch Cooking Lunch
10 Euros The people, equipment, and material that are used to complete tasks in a project. 3 hours Tasks - Buy materials - Cook the spaghetti Resources - Cooker - Kitchen equipments Cooking Lunch
Cooking Spaghetti Tasks - Buy materials - Cook lunch 10 Euros Resources - Cooker - Kitchen equipments 3 hours
Sequential Tasks “Linear Tasks” dependent Parallel Tasks “Constraints” non dependent
Relationship between linked tasks; linked by a dependency between their finish and start dates. There are four kinds of task dependencies: Finish-to-start[FS] Start-to-start [SS] Finish-to-finish [FF] Start-to-finish [SF]
the amount of working time from the start to finish of the time.
Markers during the execution of a project Shows the completion of a series of tasks or readiness to begin a new stage
Measure progress – management tool Provide the basis for review & reporting Give confidence that the project is on track and is well managed.
What will be achieved Specific criteria (If the milestone can be interpreted in more than one way it is not specific) Quality measures (These are particularly important if you have contracted someone else to do the work.) Target date
Make detailed list of activities Define the required resources Assign resources to activities Estimate durations Define the interdependencies of tasks
Work Breakdown Structure Gantt Chart Critical Path Analysis PERT Charts
project management technique for defining and organizing the total scope of a project, using a hierarchical tree structure.
is a popular type of bar chart that illustrates the start and finish dates of the activities of a project
identifies tasks which must be completed on time for the whole project to be completed on time is a variation on Critical Path Analysis that estimates the shortest possible time each activity will take Critical Path Diagrams PERT Charts
Microsoft Office Project Primavera Project Planner Gantt Builder System Project Kickstart
Microsoft Office Project Primavera Project Planner Gantt Builder System Project Kickstart