[金牌原创]Project Management.pptVIP

Project Management An Introduction to Lecture Aims What are Projects and how do you manage them To Give an Insight into “Good Practice” Introduce some Project Management tools A Working Definition of A PROJECT Specific objectives to be completed within a certain specification Defined start end dates Funding limits and consumes resources MAKING A PROJECT BOXwhich the project needs to fit within FOR A STUDENT PROJECT Typical Project Life Cyclee.g. A Good Student Project The “Slow” Bit At The Start CanBe Very Valuable To You SOME GUIDLINES Start Promptly – NOW!! Your Project Definition Should Be Well Founded And Agreed Any Changes To The Project Definition And Your Objectives Need To Be Made In the Early Stages Of The Project Identify Individual Tasks Established The Sequence Of They Need to be Undertaken Determine The Risks And Accommodate Them In Your Plan Recognise That Changes In Any One Element Will Affect Some Or All The Other Activities - Don’t Underestimate The Trivial Typical Causes of StudentProject Failure STARTING - Failure To Put A Draft Plan Together In Time To Review It Fully With Peers And Academics PLANNING - Poor Planning Of The Tasks DOING - Failure To Get On With The Tasks CONSIDERING - Incomplete And/Or Misunderstood Specifications or Proposals THINKING IT THROUGH - Underestimating The Difficulty Or Risks In Completing The Tasks TIME ALLOCATION – Competing Time Pressures LISTENING - Over-ambitious Targets – Listen to Advice Some Project Planning Tools Work Breakdown Schedule Task Relationships Gantt Charts Critical Path Analysis Tracking Breaking Tasks Into Bite Sized ChunksWork Breakdown Structure Humans Find It Difficult To Analyse, Plan And Execute Large, Complex Tasks Complex Tasks Take A Long Time To Complete Deadlines That Are A Long Way Away Tend Not To Trigger Immediate Action It’s Difficult To Know Where To Start It’s Difficult To Know How Much More You Have Got To Do Answer Break It Down To “Bite Size” Chunks You Can De