2. Getting Started with Project Management
Components of Project Management
Project Management and the Business

3. What Is a Project? Temporary effort to create an outcome Vary by:
Size
Number of team members
Outcomes
Duration
Stakeholders
Outcomes can be tangible or intangible

4. Project Management
“Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.”

5. Portfolios, Programs, and Projects
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 5

6. OPM Comparison
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013, p. 8

7. Portfolio Management
Collection of projects, programs, sub-portfolios, and operations
Centralized management of one or more portfolios
Solidifies and controls interdependencies between projects and programs

8. Program Management

9. PMO
Management structure that standardizes projects-related governance processes
Types of PMOs include:
Supportive PMOs
Controlling PMOs
Directive PMOs

10. Role of the Project Manager

11. Responsibilities of the Project Manager
Knowledge
Performance
Personal

12. Interpersonal Skills of a Project Manager
Leadership
Team building
Motivation
Communication
Influencing
Decision making
Political and cultural awareness
Negotiation
Trust building
Conflict management
Coaching

13. The PMBOK Guide

14. Ethics and Professional Conduct

15. Business Value Entire value of a business
The total sum of all tangible and intangible elements

16. Operations Management
Business function that is responsible for overseeing, directing, and controlling business operations
Support day-to-day business in support of strategic and tactical goals
Departments can include:
Manufacturing
Accounting
Payroll
Human resources
Sales
Marketing
Quality assurance

17. Organizational Strategy and Governance
Strategic direction
Performance parameters
Expectations
Goals
Purpose
Guidance
Direction

18. Reflective Questions
What is the relationship among portfolio management, program management, project management and organizational project management?
What is the role of the project manager?