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Fundamentals of
Project Planning and
Management
Week 1: Let’s get things started!
Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Course Project
What is a Define the project Organization and Project
Week 1 Overview and
and objectives
Success and
Project? stakeholders Life-Cycle
Objectives Failure
What if I
Purpose and What is the
Detailed What are How do we don’t like the
Week 2 Misuse of a Critical
Scoping Dependencies? Schedule? plan? Making
project plan Path?
changes
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Fundamentals of
Project Planning and Management
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Lets Get
things Developing It’s a Risky Ready, Set,
Started! Plans World 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
Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Define and
Plan Improve Plan Execute
Organize
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What is a Project?
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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
Constrained X
Optimize X
Compromise X
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Example 1: Service/Website
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
Example 2: Wedding
Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
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Lloyd Dobbie, UK
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Constrained
Optimize
Compromise
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Hillary Lewis, Lumi
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Predict Identify
Stakeholder Stakeholders’
Behavior Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses (Cleland and King, 1988)
Predict Identify
Stakeholder Stakeholders’
Behavior Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
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Implement
Stakeholder Gather
Management Information
Strategy
Predict Identify
Stakeholder Stakeholders’
Behavior Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses
Implement
Stakeholder Gather
Management Information
Strategy
Predict Identify
Stakeholder Stakeholders’
Behavior Mission
Determine
Strengths and
Weaknesses Image Credit: Simon Shek, Flickr.com
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Implement
Stakeholder Gather
Management Information
Strategy
Implement
Stakeholder Gather
Management Information
Strategy
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Implement
Stakeholder Gather
Management Information
Strategy
Gather
Information
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Keep Manage
Satisfied Closely
Keep
Monitor
Informed
(Freeman, 1983)
Low Power
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High tech
Low tech
Complexity Novelty
Array Assembly Derivative Breakthrough
Regular
Blitz
(Shenrhar and Dvir, 2007)
Pace
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Measuring Success
Deliver initial set of deliverables?
Does the outcome, at completion, satisfy the
customer?
Project Life-Cycle
Initiate Plan Execute Close
•Establish •Identify Scope •Monitor •Sign off
organization •Identify tasks, •Communicate •Conduct a
•Project Charter dependencies and report formal post-
and Definition and schedule •Correct and mortem
•Plan resources control
•Clarify trade-
offs and
decision
making
principles
•Develop a risk
management
plan
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Project Life-Cycle
Execution
Discovery
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