Project Management

Case Studies + Tools

Kin Fun Li Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Victoria kinli@uvic.ca; www.ece.uvic.ca/~kinli

Sep. 21 Presentation Recap

•  Definition of project and management areas – Communication – Risk – Change control

•  Triple constraints and their effects •  Cost estimating and budgeting

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ects Cost estimating and budgeting

Quality

Scope Cost

Time

Quality Control

•  Industrial certification •  Canadian Standards Association: safety & quality •  International Standards Organization •  ISO 9000 family of quality management systems –  9000: covers basic concepts and language –  9001: sets the requirement of a quality management

system –  9004: makes a quality management system more

efficient and effective

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Scope of Work

•  Public Tenders – Request for Proposal – Request for Quotation

•  MERX: Canadian Public Tenders – www.merx.com

•  BC Bids: B.C. government portal – www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca

•  Quote: project management (present/future)

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Process Management Resource Management

Risk Management

Change Management

Risk Management

Time Management

•  Daily basis •  Example: Work to do Saturday evening – Laundry – Study for test – Cook and eat dinner – Call Mom for her birthday – Go to SUB and party

•  Individual versus Group

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Cost Management

Cost Management

•  Local embedded system company •  Submitted and Won a bid in early 2012 •  Quotation based on March 2012 pricing •  Delivery on March 2013 •  Production ramped up December 2012 •  Systems required DRAMs •  Sensitivity to price fluctuation

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DRAM Pricing

•  1GB DRAMs Pricing (thememoryguy.com)

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International Project: Airbus

•  France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom •  A320 – first fly-by-wire •  A380 – 1988 started development •  Delivery: 2005 scheduled; 2007/8 actual •  Problems: –  Incompatible CAD – Parts shipping logistics

•  Consequence: late delivery penalty October 3, 2015 Kin Fun LI, University of Victoria Project Management 8

Airbus A380

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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International Project: Bombardier

•  Global 7000/8000 •  2-year delay – Cost overrun

•  Metro trains •  2-year delay – Design changes

•  Penalties •  Corporate image October 3, 2015 Kin Fun LI, University of Victoria Project Management 11

International Project Issues

•  Import duty •  Taxation •  National, provincial, and offshore •  Measurement unit •  Web meetings: – Cultural differences – Time differences

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International Project Issues

•  Exchange rate (www.oanda.com)

•  Contingency !!! October 3, 2015 Kin Fun LI, University of Victoria Project Management 13

Engineering Economics

•  Money, interest rate, growth •  Cash flow, financial statement •  Risk and uncertainty •  Industry and product life cycles •  Entrepreneurship •  Taxation •  Sensitivity and scenario analysis •  Project management

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Project Management Issues

•  Planning – Resource and risk management

•  Budgeting (forecasting) – Labour and material

•  Decision making – Alternatives and milestones

•  Quality control and certification –  ISO, CSA

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Labour and Equipment

•  Labour: – Wages and salaries – Fringe benefits – Learning curve

•  Equipment: – Capital cost – Operating cost – Buy or rent

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Project Management Tools

•  PERT chart •  GANTT chart •  MS Project •  CMM (Capability Maturity Model) – Software development process

•  Six Sigma – Process improvement techniques

•  Project Management Institute (PMP) October 3, 2015 Kin Fun LI, University of Victoria Project Management 17

Microsoft Project Visual

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Project Planning Process-1

1.  Set project start date

2.  Set project completion date

3.  Identify internal & external milestones

4.  List tasks in sequence

5.  Estimate personnel/resources for each task

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Project Planning Process-2

6.  Determine task dependencies: || or -- --

7.  Determine review points

8.  Estimate project resource requirements and cost

9.  Task assignment

10.  Do initial milestone chart October 3, 2015 Kin Fun LI, University of Victoria Project Management 20

Excel

Group Project Management

Project Management II

Kin Fun Li

kinli@uvic.ca

www.ece.uvic.ca/~kinli

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