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CMGT/410 Project Planning & Implementation Week One:Week One: PM and the Organization Week Two:Week Two: WBS and Scheduling Week Three:Week Three: Resources and Financing Week Four: Week Four: Project Control and Evaluation Week Five: Week Five: Critical Success Factors

Week One Project Life Cycle Project Roles Project Manager’s People Skills Project Software

Project Life Cycle Concept Development Implementation Close-out

Project Roles Project manager's role Management's role Project team's role

Project Manager’s People Skills Active listening Manage expectations Resolve conflict Overcome fears Interview Facilitate meetings Motivate team members Leadership

Project Software Small project software Enterprise project software The Plan vs. the software Microsoft Project

Week Two Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) WBS Task Identification WBS Task Descriptions WBS Task Precedence Project Scheduling

Work Breakdown Structure Task Identification Task Descriptions Task Sequence Task Numbering Task Precedence Task Rollup

WBS Task Identification Top-down Bottom-up Analogy Guidelines

WBS Task Descriptions Verb noun (example: Interview users) Milestones (example: Complete analysis) Deliverables (example: Deliver requirements document) Subtasks

WBS Task Precedence Start to end Start to start End to start End to end Overlap Gap

Project Scheduling Estimation of task duration –Stochastic –Deterministic –Modular –Benchmark Units of duration –Day is most common –Shorter than days only if critical –Rollup to longer periods than days

Week Three Project Management Charts Gantt Chart PERT Chart Critical Path Project Triple Constraint Project Resources Project Budgeting

Project Management Charts Gantt PERT Critical Path Method (CPM)

Gantt Chart

PERT Chart

Critical Path

Project Triple Constraint Resources Time Money

Project Resources Human Non-human Leveling Allocating

Project Budgeting Top-down Bottom-up Iterative Overburden

Week Four Project Control & Evaluation Project Budget Management Project Budget Analysis

Project Control & Evaluation Project Tracking –Project Reporting –Change Control –Configuration Control Standards Quality Assurance Testing

Project Budget Management Baseline Projected Actual Slack Crashing Subcontracting Outsourcing

Project Budget Analysis Cost/benefit analysis Break-even analysis Return on investment

Week Five Project Critical Success Factors End

Project Critical Success Factors Managing people Dealing with politics Managing risk Managing a disaster Subdividing large projects Terminating a project

CMGT/410 Project Management End