Chap001 - MMT - 2021 Maret
Chap001 - MMT - 2021 Maret
Chap001 - MMT - 2021 Maret
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Getting Making it
Evaluate
Ready happen
Learning Plan
Assessment
It is unique
It is usually complex
The purpose is specific
It has a life cycle
Time frame is limited
Resource needs are
usually (very) unstable or
fluctuating
What is a Project?
Project Defined
A complex, non routine, one-time effort limited by
time, budget, resources, and performance
specifications designed to meet customer needs.
Major Characteristics of a Project
Has an established objective.
Has a defined life span with a beginning and an end.
Requires across-the-organizational participation.
Involves doing something never been done before.
Has specific time, cost, and performance requirements.
Programs versus Projects
Program Defined
A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects
that continue over an extended time and are
intended to achieve a goal.
A higher level group of projects targeted at a
common goal.
Example:
High
Flow shop
/ Mass
Production
Batch
Product Volume
Production
Job shop
production
Projects
High
Product Variety
Project Life Cycle (example of new s/w dev)
FIGURE 1.1
The Challenge of Project
Management?
FIGURE 1.2
Major Functions of Portfolio
Management
FIGURE 1.3
Technical dimension : planning, scheduling, and
controlling projects.
WBS -> database that links all levels in the
organization, major deliverables, and all work—
right down to the tasks in a work package.
Effects of project changes are documented and
traceable
Integrated information approach can provide all
project managers and the customer with decision
information appropriate to their level and needs.
Sociocultural dimension : centers on creating a temporary
social system within a larger organizational environment that
combines the talents of a divergent set of professionals
working to complete of the project
It involves managing the interface between the project and
external environment. Project managers have to assuage
and shape expectations of customers, sustain the political
support of top management, negotiate with their functional
counterparts, monitor subcontractors,and so on.
The manager must build a cooperative social network
among a divergent set of allies with different standards,
commitments, and perspectives.
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