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IPPM (1) Principles & Concepts
PM principles & Definitions, PLC, Project types, PM
elements, PM thinking

IPPM (2) Managing projects
Initiation, Planning, Implementation, Close out, follow
up, PM Methodologies, Risk management, Quality
Management, Stakeholders Management.

IPPM (3) PM Attitude & Personality
PM Leadership, Emotional intelligence, Strategic
thinking, communication skills, Team building
techniques

Husband & Wife
(Dont worry love is there!)

Risk never sleeps,,, watch

your back!

Anything that can go

wrong, will go wrong
Murphys Law
 Time
Cost Quality
Benefits - Organisational
Improved efficiency
Improved effectiveness
Increased profits
Strategic goals
Organisational learning Economic impact on surrounding community
Information system
Maintainability
Reliability
Validity
Information - quality use
Benefits - Stakeholders
Satisfied users
Social & Environmental Impact
Personal development
Contractors profits
Capital suppliers
Content project team
Source: R. Atkinson 1999
1999,, in Cammack,
Cammack, MSc, 2007
 Constraints
Financial, legal,
ethical, environmental,
Logic, activation, time,
quality, indirect effects

Input: Output:
Want / need
Project Satisfied need

Mechanisms:
People,
Knowledge & expertise
Capital, tools & techniques
technology

Cammack.I. 2007,Maylor 2003 p.26

 Definition Internal to Organisation Attitudes

Objectives People
Vision

Scope
Commitment

Leadership
Support

Management
Influence

Influence

Pressures PROJECT DRIVERS Resistance

Organisation Systems

Sponsorship
Strategy
Planning Context

Roles
Control

Benefit
Resources
Quality
Political

Schedule
Socio-Economic

Urgency
Environment
External to Organisation
Turner 1999 p.70 in Cammack, MSc, 2007
Project definition: Risk assessment:

What to do? How can things go

What are the wrong?
targets?

Business case: Staffing and

organization
Why do it?
With whom to
do it?
 Check strategic
Define the project Specify project targets
alignment

What is the objective? What is the company What are measurable and
What are prerequisites? strategy in related areas? verifiable business targets
What is the impact on Has the contribution of the of the project?
business processes? project to reaching When will they be
What are IT implications? strategic targets been achieved?
What are key phases? defined?
Question
What is the overall objective
of the project?
What are the nuts and bolts
for project success?
What are project
implications on business
processes?
Check list
Business problems/opportunities addressed
by the initiative are identified?
Business objectives are identified?
Other alternatives are considered in terms of

costs, benefits, and risks?
Dependencies on the other ongoing projects
are identified?
Information/data requirements to support
the project are available?
The project can be realized with existing
processes/IT applications?
The project can be realized with existing
resources/skills?
All processes related to the project have
been considered?
Change of the business processes has been
defined with sufficient detail?
New business processes are realistic and
consistent?
Question Check list

What are project

Have all IT applications related to the project
been considered?

implications for IT Has the IT development been planned in
infrastructure? sufficient detail for all applications in
question?
Have all the interfaces been considered?

Is the project aligned with Has strategy in the related areas been
overall strategy? considered?
Has the projects contribution to reaching
strategic targets been defined?

What are key phases of the Is there an analysis phase (if required*)?
project? Does the project have a clear end product?

To be discussed in small groups first, then in class plenum:

Remember the last project you have been involved in at your organization:

1. Go through the checklist and discuss how this project has been defined and
which areas have been missing:

- What was the overall objective of the project?

- What were prerequisites for the project success?

- What were expected project implications on business processes?

- What were project implications for IT infrastructure?

- Was the project aligned with overall strategy?

- What were key phases of the project?

2. if not, What was the reasons that created an unclear definition of your
project?

3. How could these reasons of unclear project definition be
addressed for future projects?