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Prof. Arno Soennecken

(1st semester)

Module Project Management I

Project Management
Course Overview &
Projects in Contemporary Organizations

Campus Soest

South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences

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Friday:
Lecture and Seminar Project Management I

Organisational

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6. Modern Project Management

5. The Project Life Cycle

4. Why Project Management?

3. The Definition of a Project

2. Introduction

1. Course Overview

Content

Module Project Management I

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1. Course Overview

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2. Introduction

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Managing legal cases

Managing new product releases

It has many applications outside of construction

Project management has found wide acceptance in

industry

Navys Polaris missile program

NASAs Apollo space program
Strategic defense initiative

Much of project management developed by the military

2. Introduction

The exponential growth of human knowledge

The growing demand for a broad range of complex goods and
services
Increased worldwide competition

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Project management is one way to do more faster

All of these contribute to the need for organizations to

do more and to do it faster

Main forces in driving the acceptance of project and

other forms of management:

2. Introduction

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(1) The growing demand for complex, customized goods and

services
(2) The exponential expansion of human knowledge
(3) The global production-consumption environment

The three primary forces behind project management

are:

Project management is now being recognized as a

valuable career path in many organizations, as well
as a way to gain valuable experience within the
organization

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2. Introduction

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Balloons

Planes

Jets

Projects are getting larger over time

Rockets

The more we can do, the more we try to do

The Channel Tunnel, or Chunnel

Denver International Airport
Panama Canal expansion project
Three Gorges Dam, China

Projects tend to be large

2. Introduction
Projects Tend to be Large

Reusable
Rockets

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3. The techniques are becoming more widely

taught and written about

2. The tools are become cheaper

1. More people are seeing the advantages of

project management techniques

Project Management Also Getting Smaller

2. Introduction

The three prime objectives of project management

are to meet specified performance within cost and on
schedule

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1. Time
2. Cost
3. Performance (or Scope)

Three Project Objectives

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The Project Management Journal and PM Network are

the leading project management journals

Grew from 7,500 members in 1990 to over 500,000 in

2010

Founded in 1969 to foster the growth and professionalism

of project management

The Project Management Institute is the major project

management organization

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Project Management Institute (PMI)

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While project manager always has responsibility, may

not have necessary authority

Project management, provides managers with

powerful planning and control tools.

Project manager is like a mini-CEO

Project manager is the key individual on a project

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The Project Manager

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Virtual projects

Improving project effectiveness

Achieving routine goals

Achieving strategic goals

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Trends in Project Management

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3. Projects as preferred way to accomplish goals

2. Systems approach

1. Consensual management

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Recent Changes in Managing Organizations

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It has also moved out of just manufacturing to services

As the tools became better understood, they began to

trickle down to smaller projects

In the early days, project management was used mainly

for very complex projects

Modern project management began with the Manhattan

Project

3. The Definition of a Project

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Uniqueness

Interdependencies

Conflict

Life Cycle

Purpose

Major Characteristics of a Project

3. The Definition of a Project

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Project management gives us someone (the project

manager) to spearhead the project and to hold
accountable for its completion

Project management increases the likelihood of

accomplishing that goal

The main purpose for initiating a project is to

accomplish some goal

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Conflict

Says managers cannot accomplish the desired outcome

Higher probability organizational policy will be violated

Greater organizational complexity

4. Why Project Management

Negative Side to Project Management

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Projects often start slowly, build up speed while using considerable

resources, and then slow down as completion nears.

Life Cycle a standard

concept of a product or
project wherein it goes
through a
1. Start-up phase
2. Building phase
3. Maturing phase
4. Termination phase

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Time Distribution of Project Effort

5. The Project Life Cycle

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Another Possible Project Life Cycle

5. The Project Life Cycle

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Risk During at the Start of the Life Cycle

5. The Project Life Cycle

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Risk During the Life Cycle

5. The Project Life Cycle

Delivery process

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has been in quality workshops.

For many, their first exposure to project management techniques

Quality assurance

Procurement

Quality management and improvement involve project management

Design

The standards cover:

management and assurance.

ISO 9000 is a family of international standards for quality

ISO 9000 - The Importance of Project Management

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and the socio-cultural dimensions of the process.

Successful implementation requires mastering both the technical

Integration within the Process of Managing Actual Projects

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