1. By Anjum Sattar Email anjumsattar@yahoo.com
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Diploma in Management & Leadership Level 5 Week- 1 Principles of project management By
Anjum Sattar
Water Only

2. Aims and Objectives. Aim (s)
Introduction to the range of standard approaches used to manage projects
the use of Bodies of Knowledge in project design and management
how to select and tune project methodologies and life cycles
for a specific project
Objective(s )
Learner will be able to….
how to use different project management approaches and methodologies.
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3. Background Knowledge What do we know about Project Management
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4. What can go wrong with projects?
Section 1 introduced the main stages in the life cycle of any
project. The stages give an overall framework or strategy for
managing the project.
However, without careful management within each stage there are many root causes for project failure. In the development of PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), a project management methodology developed for UK government organisations, common causes of problems were highlighted as
including: .
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5. What can go wrong with projects?
 insufficient attention to checking that a valid business case,exists for the project,
insufficient attention to quality at the outset and during development
insufficient definition of the required outcomes, leading to
confusion over what the project is expected to achieve
lack of communication with stakeholders and interested parties, leading to products being delivered that are not,what the customer wanted
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6. What can go wrong with projects?
inadequate definition and lack of acceptance of project
management roles and responsibilities, leading to lack of
direction and poor decision-making
poor estimation of duration and costs, leading to projects
taking more time and costing more money than expected
inadequate planning and co-ordination of resources, leading
to poor scheduling
insufficient measurable and lack of control over progress, so
that projects do not reveal their exact status until too late
lack of quality control, resulting in the delivery of products that are unacceptable or unusable
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7. What is a project methodology?
A project methodology is a process for managing a project. The aim of a project methodology is to enable the project to be completed to the expectations of the stakeholders, enabling:
problems to be highlighted and dealt with
timings to be integrated
resources to be allotted
progress to be measured
changes to be incorporated.
It documents the steps that need to be taken and provides the project manager with a template for action.
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8. Project methodology
PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). This is a
comprehensive guide that provides information about
acknowledged good practice in the field of project
management. (Available from the Project Management
Institute at
􀂄 DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method) This provides
a framework to ensure projects are delivered on time and on
budget. It is not a project management method but a
framework that can be used in conjunction with
methodologies such as PRINCE2.
􀂄 PRINCE2 provides a structured method for project
management. It has been developed from PROMPT11, which
was adopted as the standard for all government information
system projects in PRINCE2 was launched in 1996 to
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9. Project metholodology
give improved guidance on the project management of all
types of projects, not just information systems. PRINCE2 is
used extensively by the UK government and is widely
recognised and used in the private sector, both in the UK and
internationally. It can be obtained under licence from The
Stationery Office (
􀂄 SSADM (Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method). This
offers a package for the design of computing projects.
􀂄 RAD (Rapid Application Development) is a programming
system that enables programmers to build software
programs.
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10. work breakdown structure flowcharts
Planning tools
work breakdown structure
flowcharts
critical path analysis and PERT diagrams
Gantt charts.
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11. Flow chat
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12. PERT / Network diagram
Sebastian Nokes and Ian Major (2003) said ‘A Network diagram is a graphical representation of project structure. Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) is a planning method that uses network diagrams and project managers commonly use the terms PERT chart and network diagram interchangeably. A network diagram contains the same task dependency information as a Gantt chart makes it more useful for communicating individual task timing and so project plans for general discussion are usually presented in Gantt chart format. Nonetheless, network diagrams are useful for project planners because it is much easier to see project structure (dependencies and groupings of tasks) on a network diagram. Most project planning software can represent the information in both ways and you should use whichever representation suits the task in hand.’
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14. Gantt charts
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15. WBS
Sebastian Nokes (2003) said ‘ A work breakdown structure is the easiest place to start with project planning . It is an enhanced list of all the activities of all the activities of the project. The enhancements explain how the project is broken down into tasks, groups of associated tasks and sub-projects , and they also give some information about effort or duration.
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16. WBS
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17. Useful resource to enhance understanding in project appraisal
CMI Unit 5004 book
Youtube.com
Wikispaces.com / bradrc
ACCA F9 book of Kaplan , BPP
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18. Bibliography
Baguley Phil (1999) Project Management, first edition, Page 10, 47
Barbara Allan (2004) Project Management first edition page 9, 48, 49 published by Facet Publishing.
Howard Barnett (1996) Operations management second edition, page 18, Published by Macmillan Press Ltd
Koontz Harold and Heinz Weihrich (1990) Essentials of Management fifth edition page 392,46,47,5 Published by McGraw-Hill , Inc .
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19. Summary Q & A
Assignment discussion
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20. Next Session. Tuesday 7/3/2012 9:30 – 12:30
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In Next Session we are going to Learn ……
Project methodologies
Tuesday 7/3/2012 9:30 – 12:30