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Mid Notes of Project Management

The document outlines the evolution of project management from its early history to modern practices, emphasizing key concepts such as the Project Management Body of Knowledge and various process groups. It identifies common problems like scope creep and introduces Bloom's Taxonomy to enhance critical thinking in project management. Additionally, it describes different team structures and authority types essential for effective project execution.

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Mid Notes of Project Management

The document outlines the evolution of project management from its early history to modern practices, emphasizing key concepts such as the Project Management Body of Knowledge and various process groups. It identifies common problems like scope creep and introduces Bloom's Taxonomy to enhance critical thinking in project management. Additionally, it describes different team structures and authority types essential for effective project execution.

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Project Management

“A Project is a sequence of unique, complex and connected activities having one goal or
purpose and that must be completed by a specified time, within budget and according to
specifications.”
Initial History before 1900’s
 Civil Construction
 War
 Ship Making
 Inventions
 Research & Development
Formal Management (1900’s to 1950’s)
 Gantt Charts
 Functions of Management
 Principles of Management
 Human Relations
 Psychological Factors
 Productivity
Formal Project Management (1950’s & onwards)
 Forecasting
 Specialization
 Standardization
 Network models
 Mathematical model
 Computers
Professional Bodies
 The International Project Management Association (IPMA), 1967.
 The Project Management Institute (PMI), 1969.
Project Management Body of Knowledge
The Project Management Body of Knowledge is the sum of knowledge within the profession
of project management.
It includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied, as well as innovative practices
that are emerging in the profession, including published and unpublished material. As a
result, the Project Management Body of Knowledge is constantly evolving
 Project Integration Management
 Project Scope Management
 Project Time Management
 Project Cost Management
 Project Quality Management
 Project Human Resource Management
 Project Communications Management
 Project Risk Management
 Project Procurement Management
 Project Stakeholders Management
Process Group
 Initiating
 Planning
 Executing
 Monitoring & Controlling
 Closing
Main Problems
Scope Creep
Change in the project that was not in the original plan, initiated by the owner
 Hope Creep
Project team member getting behind schedule, reporting to be on schedule, hoping to catch up
by the next report date
 Feature Creep
Team members arbitrarily add features to the deliverable
 Effort Creep
Team member is working but not making progress proportionate to the work expended
Initiating:
 Problem/Opportunity
 Goal
 Objectives
 Success Criteria
 Assumptions, Risks & Obstacles
 Attachments
Planning
 WBS
 Duration
 Resource Requirements
 Network Analysis
 Proposal
Executing:
 Team Organization
 Resource Leveling
 Work package scheduling
 Work package documentation
Monitoring & Controlling
 Progress reporting system
 Monitoring
 Comparing
 Adjusting
Closing
 Client Acceptance
 Documentation
 Audit
 Final Report
 Celebration
Bloom’s Taxonomy
It defines six different levels of thinking. The levels build in increasing order of difficulty
from basic memorization to higher (more difficult and sophisticated) levels of critical
thinking skills.
Remembering
Retrieving, recognizing, and recalling relevant knowledge from long-term memory, eg. find
out, learn terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts
Understanding
Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting,
exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, and explaining. Understand
uses and implications of terms, facts, methods, procedures, concepts
Applying
Carrying out or using a procedure through executing, or implementing. Make use of, apply
practice theory, solve problems, use information in new situations
Analyzing
Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to one another and
to an overall structure or purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing. Take
concepts apart, break them down, analyze structure, recognize assumptions and poor logic,
evaluate relevancy
Evaluating
Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and critiquing. Set
standards, judge using standards, evidence, rubrics, accept or reject on basis of criteria
Creating
Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional whole; reorganizing elements into
a new pattern or structure through generating, planning, or producing. Put things together;
bring together various parts; write theme, present speech, plan experiment, put information
together in a new & creative way
Project Team Structure:
 Isomorphic Team Structure
 Expert /Specialty Team Structure
 Collective Team Structure
 Surgical Team Structure
ISOMORPHIC
It involves a team structure that imitates the physical structure of the end product
Expert/Speciality Team Structure:
A specialty team structure is a matrix-style structure in which employees apply their strengths
where appropriate.
Egoless Structure/Collective:
This team structure uses pure collaboration so that group credit is given instead of individual
recognition. This is an ideal concept for any team because group members share a common
objective.
Surgical Team Structure:
One person (the ‘surgeon’) works on the actual project while others support him/her (the
‘nurses’).
Authority:
It is the capacity to make people work according to your desire
Formal
 Technical
 Purse-String
 Charismatic
 Bureaucratic

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