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PE-course Project Organised Learning (POL)

Mm 4: Project Management

Master of Science – Introductory Semester (E7 – Intro)

Lecturer: Lars Peter Jensen Ass. teacher: Xiangyun Du

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Project ManagementContents:

• The project settings and goal• Managing people:

– Co-operation contract, Team health assessment

• Project Planning, managing time:– Activity diagram– How long time do we need for a given activity?

- how to make a qualified guess– The Gantt chart– Project monitoring

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Project goal and settings

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Agree on the goal, or you won’t reach it!

-OR GET ON ADESERT WALK

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Be aware of your differences

YOU ARESTUPID !

WE DON’T KNOW

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Project Management

Includes :

• Management of people

• Management of time

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The co-operation agreement – A tool for project management

• Expectations and ambitions ?• Meetings – How often ? – What if somebody is late ?• Organising meetings , chairman, referee, use of

blackboard ? • Division of labor ?• What kind of response do you give within the

group ?• How do you prepare a meeting with your supervisor

?

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Team assessment

How ’well’ is your Team ?

Self and group exercise on assessment of

Team ”Health Profile”

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Management of timeIs management of (often unpredictable)

change via• project planning and• project monitoring

Project planning – what is it?

• 50 % thinking ahead

• 25 % communication

• 25 % yardstick

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Project Planning- What does it consist of?

A model of the project, including all activities = tasks, that together constitute the complete project

How can the model be used?• To experiment with, without actually carrying out the

timing and scheduling of activities of the project• As a yardstick against which to measure progress

and monitor the project• As a basis for a regular review and update process,

e.g. Plan the remaining part of the project

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10X

10X

4X

4X

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2X

2X

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6X 6X

14X

Total: 70X

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How to find X ?• We need 70 X• There is 6 members of the group• There are 35 half project day until finish

What is X then ?

• X = 35/70 [½project day] = ½ [½project day] ?• X = (35/70)x6 [½man day] = 3 [½man day]

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Problemanalyse 6

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Procesanalyse 3

Kravspecifikation 3

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Problemanalyse 6

Procesanalyse 3

Kravspecifikation 3

Valg af delproces 6

Kodning delproces 2

Kodning delproces 2

Procesmodel 2

Procesmodel 2

Kodning model 4

Test+vurdering 6

Teknologi..+samfund6

Afslutning 6

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Gannt chart (Timescedule)

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Project Monitoring

• Why has some activities taken to long time?• Can we compensate for the delay by working

harder?• Is it possible to reorganize the work schedule• If we are to cut out some activities, which one?

What are the consequences of each of these choices?

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Exercises:

• Make a co-operation agreement.

• Make an activity diagram for the rest of the P1 period and use this for scheduling the time.

• Plan how to monitor your time scedule.