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Fundamentals of
Project Planning and
Management
Week 1: Lets get things started!
Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Week 1
Course
Overview and
Objectives
What is a
Project?
Week 2
Purpose and
Misuse of a
project plan
Detailed
Scoping
What are
Dependencies?
Week 3
Week 4
What is Risky
about
projects?
Identifying and
Assessing
Project Risks
From Plan to
Action
Earned Value
Schedule Risk
Analysis
1
Organization and
stakeholders
What is the
Critical
Path?
Schedule Risk
Analysis
2
Project
Success and
Failure
Project
Life-Cycle
How do we
Schedule?
What if I
dont like the
plan? Making
changes
Cost Risk
Analysis
Planning for
Ambiguity
Course Wrap Up
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Fundamentals of
Project Planning and Management
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Lets Get
things
Started!
Developing
Plans
Its a Risky
World
Ready, Set,
Go!
Fundamentals of
Project Planning and Management
Week 1
Define and
Organize
Project Goal
The Three
Objectives
and their
Priorities
Organization
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Fundamentals of
Project Planning and Management
Week 1
Define and
Organize
Week 2
Plan
Week 3
Improve Plan
Project Goal
The Three
Objectives
and their
Priorities
Organization
Project
Scoping
Dependencies
Schedule
Trade-Offs
Assessing
Risks and
Planning for
Ambiguity
Week 4
Execute
Modes of
Execution
And those
who execute
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What is a Project?
A unique set of activities meant to produce a defined
outcome within an established time framing specific
allocation of resources. (Harvard Business Review)
A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a
unique product or service. (Project Management Institute)
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Project Definition
What is the Goal?
The three objectives:
Scope
Time
Budget
Establish Organization
Time
Budget
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Time
Budget
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Objectives Priorities
Scope
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
Time
Budget
X
X
X
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Example 1: Service/Website
Scope
Time
Budget
Time
Budget
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
Example 2: Wedding
Scope
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
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Scope
Time
Budget
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
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Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Identify
Stakeholders
Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Identify
Stakeholders
Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Identify
Stakeholders
Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Identify
Stakeholders
Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Healthy Eating!
Organic and
Safe!
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Gather
Information
Predict
Stakeholder
Behavior
Healthy Eating!
Organic and
Safe!
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Gather
Information
Identify
Stakeholder
Strategy
Healthy Eating!
Organic and
Safe!
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Gather
Information
Identify
Stakeholder
Strategy
Healthy Eating!
Organic and
Safe!
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Keep
Satisfied
Manage
Closely
High interest
Low interest
Monitor
Keep
Informed
Low Power
(Freeman, 1983)
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Low tech
Complexity
Array
Assembly
Derivative
Breakthrough
Novelty
Regular
Blitz
Pace
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Measuring Success
Deliver initial set of deliverables?
Does the outcome, at completion, satisfy the
customer?
On time?
Project Life-Cycle
Initiate
Plan
Establish
organization
Project Charter
and Definition
Identify Scope
Identify tasks,
dependencies
and schedule
Plan resources
Clarify tradeoffs and
decision
making
principles
Develop a risk
management
plan
Execute
Monitor
Communicate
and report
Correct and
control
Close
Sign off
Conduct a
formal postmortem
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Project Life-Cycle
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Close-out
Execution
Initiation
Planning
Execution
Close-out
GATE
STAGE
1
Business
Case
GATE
STAGE
2
Development
GATE
STAGE
3
Testing and
Validation
GATE
STAGE
4
Launch
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