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Project Management
Dry swimming or real life TED Talk @ KU Leuven Dr. Frank Stumpe
The what and how of Project Management
Who How A Project is a set of targeted and grouped activities, which are essentially characterized by the uniqueness of the conditions in their entirety, such as target, time, financial, personnel and other limits;" Delimitation to other activities in project-specific organization. DIN - 69901 des Deutschen Instituts für Normung e.V.
A Project is a management environment that is created for the purpose of delivering one or more business products according to a specified Business Case PRINCE2TM is the project management methodology of choice, and is required by the UK government (Office of Government Commerce (OGC).)
A Project is a temporary endeavour and a limited intention undertaken to create a unique product, service or result Project Management Body of Knowledge of the American Project Management Institute
a time- and cost-limited projects for the realization of a set of defined results of according to agreed quality standards and requirements (meeting the project goals) IPMA competence baseline of the international project management Association
Levels of Project Management
Strategically Level
Tactically Level
Operational Level
Visionary Level
Vision
Strategy
Portfolio
Program
Task
Project
Project life Cycle
What are reasons why projects are failing?
On yearly base we follow different surveys why projects fails.
Within the Top 10 of each survey we identify
6 pillars of success
Scope Management
Time Management
Resource Management
The 6 pilars Scope is realistic and
managed
Team is high performing
Stakeholders are committed Risks are mitigated
Business benefits are realised 1. The business needs: identify why your project is being set up and make day-
to-day decisions throughout the project with that reason in mind
2. The project objectives: what your project needs to produce. Always define your objectives in a SMART way!
Specific: leave no room for misinterpretation
Measurable: specify measures or indicators you’ll use to determine whether you’ve met your objective
Acceptable: both you and your stakeholders must feel comfortable with the objective
Realistic: the objective must be feasible
Time-bound: include a deadline
Resource, Process Deliverable and Objective
Resource Deliverable Process
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(Sub)-Objective
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Milestone
Efficiency
Make NO assumptions (Example Marslander: Measurement in feed, steering in meter)
What is scope
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Scope
DBS Deliverable Breakdown Structure
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
OBS Objective Breakdown Structure
Gives a breakdown of the expected deliverables
Mainly designed according the target
process
Gives a breakdown of the executable tasks Mainly designed
according the deliverables
Gives a breakdown of objectives
Mainly designed according the business
case
Estimation: Do not relay on one source
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Risks are not easy to understand
You can’t find them easy You can’t defind them easy
You can’t easy estimate the probability You can’t easy estimate the impact
Create and organize a team
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Organize your team
Find a common language
Do funny things together to create a team
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Involvement Comprehension
Create added value
Lessons learned • Project Management is a métier • Define your project in advanced => create your base line
• Scope => prioritize • Resources => get buy in • Timing => communicate
• Communicate a lot with all parties • Sound like a broken record • Show the consequences
• Be aware about risks which can harm your objective • Leave the ownership with the agreed owner