Engineering Project Management

1. Definition (about 100 words)

The PMI has defined a project as’ As temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique
product or service’(project management institute,2004,p.5)

Basic purpose: accomplish specific goals

(Project management : a managerial approach)

Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet the project requirements.
Project management knowledge draws on several areas:
1. Time
2. Cost
3. Quality
4. Procurement
5. Human resources
6. Risk management (PMI)

History
Until 1900, civil engineering projects were generally managed by creative architects, engineers,
and master builders themselves, for example: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859)
It was in the 1950s that organizations started to systematically apply project management tools
and techniques to complex engineering projects.
As a discipline, project management developed from several fields of application including civil
construction, engineering, and heavy defense activity.
The 1950s marked the beginning of the modern project management era where core engineering
fields come together to work as one.
The International Project Management Association (IPMA) was founded in Europe in 1967, as a
federation of several national project management associations.
In 1969, the Project Management Institute (PMI) was formed in the USA .

2.Research (about 140 words)

To make the project well-done. So we should have some strategies to operate the project
smoothly, like mitigating the risk, saving money and time and the most important one is matching
the expected proposal.

Research method:1.experience ： collecting some related cases(such as successful or failed

company) and analyzing these cases Whether or not the project is successful
(if yes) How these project succeed
2.maybe improve the existing project modelling to mimic the project processing,
Using the above experience (introduce the history of modelling using in project
 management , analyzing the shortage and express why is useful)

3.Maybe cite some reality cases to illustrate how project management work (about 100 words)

About cases, I have not yet given my decision, but I find a book ( Project management: case
studies
by Kerzner , Harold2006, 2nd ed.)

4.Conclusion (about 60 words)

Summarize the main points of the project management and prospect for its future.