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Project Management Session 4

The document discusses various topics relating to project management workshops, including how to create work breakdown structures (WBS), arrow diagrams, calculate project duration using critical paths, early and late start/finish times, bar charts, schedule resources to address overloads, and apply float and leveling. It also provides tips for implementing project management practices in companies such as training teams, using proven methods, conducting reviews, and designating champions.

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Project Management Session 4

The document discusses various topics relating to project management workshops, including how to create work breakdown structures (WBS), arrow diagrams, calculate project duration using critical paths, early and late start/finish times, bar charts, schedule resources to address overloads, and apply float and leveling. It also provides tips for implementing project management practices in companies such as training teams, using proven methods, conducting reviews, and designating champions.

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The Institute'16| PM Workshop

 Producing Schedules.

 How to Make Project Management Work in


Your Company ?

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 WBS to do yard project

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 Arrow diagram to do yard project

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 Calculate project duration ( Longest Path )

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 When two or more activities precede another
activity, the earliest time when that activity
can be started is the larger of the durations
of the activities preceding it.

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 Calculating Early Start-Early Finish

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 When doing backward-pass calculations,
always use the smallest number of LS as the
LF of previous activities.

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 Calculating Late Start-Late Finish

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 Why Bar Chart ?

• The people doing the work will find it much


easier to understand.

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 Arrow Diagram

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 Bar Chart

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 Schedule with resources Overloaded

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 We can use float of activity C until resources
are available

time-critical
resource
leveling

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 Schedule with resources Overloaded

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 We can use adjust activity C until resources
are available

resource-
critical
leveling

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Game!

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Break!

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 Companies should reward people for
practicing the best methods and, if necessary,
fire them when they do not.

 It helps to have the entire team trained in the


basics.

 Team members need training in


understanding project management tools.

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 Senior management should have a brief
overview of the principles so that it knows
what it is realistic to expect.

 After the training is complete, pick a project


that already has a pretty high probability of
success—don’t pick your hardest job.

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 Practice a lot of MBWA (management by
walking around) as the project progresses,
but do it to be helpful, not in the blame and-
punishment mode.

 Do process reviews to learn and to try to


improve whenever possible.

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 Be very proactive ,not reactive. Take the lead.

 Have team members make presentations to


senior management on their part of the job.
Give them credit for their contributions.

 You should pay special attention to critical


path activities.

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 Track similar companies that applies
successful management methodologies.

 Have individuals take responsibility for being


champions.

 Join the Project Management Institute, attend


meetings, and learn more about project
management from other professionals.

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 You should ignore resource limitations when
you begin developing a schedule. If two tasks
can logically be done in parallel, draw them
that way.

 The critical path is the one that is longest and


has no float. Note that you can have a project
with a longest path that is not critical because
it has float.

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 Nobody is available to do productive work
more than 80 percent of a workday. You lose
20 percent to personal time, fatigue, and
delays.

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Any Questions ?

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