1. Project Management MGT 606By
Dr Mohammad Alzaffin
Welcome to International Business, Eighth Edition, by Charles W.L. Hill.

2. Welcome to the world of managing projects”
MGT 606
Welcome to the world of managing projects”

3. Welcome to: MSc Project Management MGT606
Dr Mohammad Alzaffin
AUE 2016/2017

4. makes change possible – nothing is impossible!
Project Management!
makes change possible – nothing is impossible!

5. Agenda
Assessment
Course Overview
Homework

6. Description of the Course
Weight (%)
Course Type
10%
Attendance/ Participation
15%
Case Study
25%
Group Project and Presentation
20%
Mid-term Exam
30%
Final Exam

7. Assessment Problems Concepts Solutions Start early Submit early
Contribute equally
AUE 2015/16

8. Assessment Cannot resubmit No extensions 60% min required to pass
Documentary evidence required

9. Assessment
Word limit
Referencing - Harvard
Plagiarism
Turnitin

10. Reflection How do you feel about your performance?
What might you do differently for the next assessment?
Write your ideas into your own Learning Diary & include morale, motivation, etc.

11. Study Resources Library eBooks Journals Newspapers Google Scholar
Not Wikipedia
No copy & paste

12. Course Overview What is Project Management? Link to business strategy
Types of Project
Role of Project Manager
Reasons for Project success
Reasons for Project failure

13. Motivation for Research
Project Management
is notorious for
Failure!
60-85% of all Projects fail

14. Traditional Definition of Projects
Projects defined by Time, Cost & Quality
(Project Life Cycle) T
C Q
Figure 1: The Project Constraint Triangle

15. Failed Construction Projects
London Eye
The Dome (O2)
Heathrow Terminal 5

16. London Olympic Games 2012
Estimated Cost £2.4b
Actual Cost £9.3b!!

17. Stakeholders Identify all stakeholders Assess their importance
Assess their interest
Manage them continuously

18. Stakeholder Management
Stakeholders for London Olympics 2012
Greenwich Council

19. London Olympics 2012 Legacy (Project Life Span) Lessons Learned
Rio 2016
Time
Cost
Quality
Plus:
Politics, the economy, etc.

20. Failed IT Projects in UK
Criminal Records Bureau database
costs doubled to £400m
Home Office for Asylum Seekers
cancelled after spending £77m

21. Failed IT Projects in UK
Criminal Records Bureau database
costs doubled to £400m
Home Office for Asylum Seekers
cancelled after spending £77m
Inland Revenue
overpaid rebates by £2b

22. Company Directors Board Feedback PM is key factor to business success
Projects receive insufficient time at Board level
Resources are insufficient
Boards have poor view of Projects due to common failure
Boards are not equipped to oversee major Projects

23. Characteristics of a Good Project Manager
Discuss

24. Reasons for Project Failure
Discuss

25. Common Causes of Project Failure Long Project durations
Estimation methods inaccurate
Continuous change
Requirements, legislation, hardware, software, industry standards, economy, knowledge management, new markets, etc.
Poor Documentation: untimely, unavailable, inconsistent, incomplete, unclear, incorrect
Fixed Point Theorem
Needed by accountants
Stakeholder mismanagement

26. Reasons for Project Success
Discuss

27. Introduction ‘Life is one big project.’ The trick is managing it.
There are many successful projects
Managing them is an art and science
Essential, we start by defining projects (what is and what is not a project) and project management (a profession with a career path)
Projects represent significant parts of all economic activity, they are important to individuals, organizations and society

28. 1.1 Basic definitions
A project is a temporary Endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service. [Project Management Institute, 2004]
A unique set of coordinated activities, with definite starting and finishing points, undertaken by an individual or organization to meet specific performance objectives with defined schedule, cost and performance parameters. [British Standard 6079, 2000]

29. 1.1 Basic definitions (Continued)
Common themes:
Unique
Or aspects of uniqueness
Temporary
Organisation, finances
Focused
Delivering a result (product or service
Business case
Or at least a mission to deliver benefits
Emergence
High level benefits known
Exact objective and means to achieve them evolve after a certain amount of work has been done
Uncertainty
The future is unpredictable
Unknowns : achievable objective, costs, durations
Change
Any new system (deliverable) will impact on the way people work
Social construction
People and systems of people have complex and dynamic interactions
Integration
People (staff and end users; training and media coverage), systems, technology, knowledge

30. 1.1 Basic definitions (Continued)
Project characteristics

31. Definition and Characteristics of a Project
Purpose
Project
usually a one-time activity with a set of desired end result
can be divided into subtasks, which required coordination & control
Life Cycle
Project life cycle
slow beginning  progress to a buildup of size  peak  begin decline  finally must terminate

32. 1.2 Importance of successful project management to an organisation and to you (Continued)
Table 1.1 Accidental profession or profession of choice?

33. 1.2 Importance of successful project management to an organisation and to you (Continued)
PM and line management
Figure 1.3 Project organisational structure (for project of medium complexity)

34. 1.3 Project management past and present
Table 1.3 Historical development of project management

35. Introduction about project circumstances
‘Get the thinking right first. The rest is detail.’
Project: Launching a product
Managing stakeholders a significant PM role
Sense making of the complexity is vital
without this process project activities may be too difficult

36. Homework Describe the Burj Khalifa Project
Was it a Project success or failure? Justify.
Hand it on Tuesday, 5-7pm

37. Recommended Reading Books Journals Links
APMBOK, Burke, Cadle, Chapman, Cleland, Gray, Ireland, Kerzner, Larson, Lock, Maylor, Meso, Paul, Pinto, Yeates
Journals
International Journal of Project Management
Project Management Journal
Project Manager Today
Project
PM Network
Links