1. Project Management HNC Computing 2000 Unit 8 Quality Management Prepared by S Hargrave

2. Time Cost Quality Features Project manager must negotiate for more time, more people or fewer features

3. Project Management n Planning u identifying activities u determining order u estimating length u deciding on resources n Control u ongoing u reallocating resources

4. Documentation n Requirements specification n Purchase requisition forms n Manpower budget n Change control documents n Work plan/task list

5. Techniques n Gantt Charts n Project Evaluation and Review Techniques (PERT) n Critical Path Analysis (CPA)

6. Project Management Tool : Network Analysis n Critical Path Diagrams u Planned activities u Dependencies

7. Case Study n Installing a network

8. Identify Activities n Carry out initial study of needs n Invite tenders from suppliers n appoint suppliers n obtain computer equipment n convert classroom n advertise for technician n shortlist candidates and invite to interview n Interview candidates n test computer hardware n procure office furniture n install furniture and network system n procure network software n prepare documentation for users n test network n correct system faults n train staff

9. Activity dependence

10. Network Analysis (1) 123 AB Activity B starts when Activity A ends

11. Network Analysis (2) 3 4 56 C D E E begins when both C and D have finished

12. Network Analysis (3) 3 4 21 A B C

13. Rules for Network Drawing n There must be only one start node and one finish node n No activities are allowed to have the same start and finish node n Arrows should go from left to right

14. Network Analysis (4) A B WRONG Dummy Activity RIGHT

16. Latest Starting Time

17. Slack Time E L D Slack Time = EST of following activity minus no of days for current activity minus LST of current activity

18. Slack Time continued

19. n CriticalPath n Resource Scheduling