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    Project management is a framework for organizing tasks, resources, and timelines to complete complex projects. It involves identifying all tasks, estimating durations, defining dependencies between tasks, tracking progress against milestones, and adapting the plan as needed. Microsoft Project is a tool that allows defining tasks, assigning resources, visualizing dependencies and critical paths, and updating timelines based on progress to help groups successfully complete projects on schedule.

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    Project management is a framework for organizing tasks, resources, and timelines to complete complex projects. It involves identifying all tasks, estimating durations, defining dependencies between tasks, tracking progress against milestones, and adapting the plan as needed. Microsoft Project is a tool that allows defining tasks, assigning resources, visualizing dependencies and critical paths, and updating timelines based on progress to help groups successfully complete projects on schedule.

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    Introduction to Project Management

    What is Project Management?


    a method for organizing tasks a structured framework to help a group work productively tools to aid in task sequencing, dependency analysis, resource allocation, scheduling, etc. tools to track progress relative to plan

    Why Need Project Management?

    Complex project needs coordination of:


    Multiple people Multiple resources (labs, equipment, etc.) Multiple tasks some must precede others Multiple decision points approvals Phased expenditure of funds Matching of people/resources to tasks

    Task Dependencies and the Critical Path

    Sometimes task B cannot be started before task A is completed Other types of constraints calendar, lags, etc. Critical path any slippage slips whole project Helpful to know what tasks are on the critical path Useful to try to shorten the critical path

    Suggested Steps in Project Management


    Generate a formal definition of the project, with goals, constraints, assumptions Identify project start/end dates, any mandatory milestones, including reports, signoffs, deliverables, etc. List constraints money, equipment availability, holidays, etc. Identify tasks to be accomplished high level (i.e., by categories), then details within each, using brainstorming method green light

    Suggested Steps, cont.


    Refine detailed task list, dropping/ combining, adding things omitted Then, for each task in list: Estimate time (person hours, calendar period) Identify dependencies among tasks Identify resources (people, money, parts, etc.)

    Suggested Steps, cont.


    Organize task groups roughly by starting date List dependencies that should or MUST hold Use MS Project to make a GANTT chart First capture tasks and task groups, milestones Identify critical path, see if it can be shortened (get more slack) Assign person-hours and specific team member(s) to each task identify task leads

    Suggested Steps, cont.


    As project progresses: Monitor, record progress on all tasks, at least weekly use Tracking Gantt Chart Pay particular attention to those on critical path Revise plan as needed to take into account changes, adapt to meet milestones

    Project Management Using Microsoft Project

    Allows many different ways of entering and observing information includes many features to help identify problems with a plan regular use can help a group refine plans to make meeting targets more realistic

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    WATCH YOUR DEPENDENCY CHOICES!!!


    If you choose something other than the default finish/start constraints, you will probably LOSE your ability to track the critical path So AVOID finish by or start by with particular calendar dates, or other types of constraints. Break tasks apart as needed, in order to make finish/start constraints realistic!

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    Our Flyover of Project 98


    Adding tasks, durations Setting dependencies Seeing critical path, etc. Rolling up subtasks Assigning resources Adjusting durations, time assignments, etc.

    YOUR MS Project has a Deadline box on this page! Use it to let you get warned when something gets pushed back too far, but STILL not assigning a start no earlier than or finish no later than constraint to it still using As soon as possible.

    Management of YOUR Project


    With your team members

    Create a plan for the entire project Set milestones for tracking progress Provide more detail for near-term tasks Use with your facilitator to report progress and revise/add detail to plan Assign specific tasks to team members Revise plan and activities as required to achieve objectives

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