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项目管理 Project Management WHAT IS A PROJECT??? DEFINITION What is a project??? Series of activities designed to achieve a specific outcome within a set budget and time scale A unique and organized undertaking, entailing human, material and financial resources, which must be accomplished within a given time limit and set of constraints to achieve the goals specified by a mandate DEFINITION OF A PROJECT Main characteristics: One clear objective A fixed time scale A set budget A team of people No practice or rehearsal Types of projects: Software, construction and engineering Publishing, marketing (launching a new product) Installing a new production facility Engineering design projects Scientific projects Space and defense Entertainment, sports and charity events PROJECT VS ROUTINE WORK: Running a factory is not a project Building a factory is a project CHARACTERISTICS Project management: management + planning Characteristics: Motivation Team building Career growth Financial control All other things that concern managers Emphasis on planning to minimize the risk: 50% thinking ahead: plan, get people involved, get them on board 25% communication: deadlines, methods and strategy available and understood by all (including contractors, suppliers, etc.) 25% yardstick: something against which to monitor the project. If no yardstick, no possibility to measure the progress of the project PHASES OF A PROJECT PARAMETERS ORGANIZATION Project: modification of the life of the company How to dispatch the resources between the usual tasks of the company and the project? How to take into account the constraints without disturbing the organization of the company? FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION MATRIX ORGANIZATION Gradual build up of expertise and experience Skills are concentrated Clear promotion path within the discipline to at least chief engineer Usually functional manager is “the boss” for leading his department or di