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 Who am I?

Mohamed Soliman MEng, PMP, CMS, ITIL

Lawrence Kinlin School of Business

Fanshawe College
P.O. Box 7005
London, ON N5Y 5R6
 Access to me

For personal questions, use my email.

I will try to respond within 48 business hours other than the weekends.
CLASS EXPECTATIONS

 If you ever have a problem or a question, make sure you contact me using
email@fanshaweonline.ca. It is usually much easier to resolve potential issues
early on – don’t wait until it is too late!
 Personal electronic devices can only be used when needed for class activities.
 Assignments will not be accepted after the due date. There is plenty of time
allotted for assignments.
 If you have an unresolved question regarding an assignment, make sure you submit it
anyway!
 Respect each other at all times.
 There are no specific marks for participation and attendance, but attendance will
be taken.
 MY EXPECTATIONS

• Respect
• Listen
• Ask if you didn’t get it (Nothing wrong with asking)
• What other norms do you want…????
 GETTING TO KNOW YOU…

 Find a partner and take 3 minutes to introduce yourself to each other:

 Name, where you come from, and why you are taking this program. BONUS: An
interesting fact about your partner.
 Then will go around the room and YOU get to introduce your partner!

3:00 2:30 2:00 1:30 1:00 0:30

DONE!
 Who are you.??

1. Your name
2. Where are you from
3. Tell us about a place to visit in London, Ontario. Or have a good experience
 MGMT 6084 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT

MODULE
ONE

Project Management by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images

The following content was prepared by Prof Robert Brookes and reproduced
from Larson, Gray (2018) Project Management: The Managerial Process.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY?

 What is a project and what does it mean to be a project manager?

 Review the class expectations.
 Time for some introductions!
 Short lecture that covers the material in Chapter One.
 Review your deliverables for Week Two.
WHAT IS A PROJECT MANAGER?

 Have you ever managed a project before? Were you part of a project team?
 How PM can help career?
 Do you need to be a project manager full-time to benefit from knowing project
management skills?
 Write down the job title you imagine you will have when you graduate
from this program.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A DISCIPLINE AND A SKILL

How can learning project management help you in your career?

 Necessary if you want to be a Project Manager! BUT….

 What about working with other project managers (internal and external)?
 What about when you are dependent on the completion of other projects?
 What about when you are managing your own project, where the outcome will be
critical to your success?

 Regardless of your career path, being strong at project management will help you
progress.
 COURSE OVERVIEW

 Each week we will (roughly) cover a chapter from the textbook.

 FanshaweOnline has a copy of the course-at-a-glance, schedule, and other expectations.
 There will be two exams that test your knowledge of the content and its application.
 You will be working in project teams to complete case studies as well as a major project.
 You will want to read the chapter for the week prior to the in-class work, since the lecture
material won’t necessarily cover the entire chapter. This will be covered in each week’s reading
assignment.
 Your online hours will consist of reviewing posted material as well as working with your
groups to complete and submit assignments.
 TEST MATERIALS: Anything covered in the lectures, readings, videos or assignments may show
up on the tests. In other words, do not rely solely on the PowerPoint slides for your revision!
EVALUATION

Deliverable % of Total Mark

Assignments (team and individual) 40
Major Team Project 20
Mid-term Exam (chapters 1-6 from the text) 20
Final Exam (chapters 1-12, 16 from the text) 20

All due dates for assignments and the dates for exams will be
available at the course website.
BREAK TIME

 10 minutes

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3.0
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

You are here!

WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY

 Program or Portfolio versus a single project?

 A single project versus normal day-to-day work?
 How is the world of project management evolving?
CERTIFICATE VERSUS CLASSES

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Class A Class 1 Class i

Class B Class 2 Class ii

Class C Class 3 Class iii

PROGRAM VERSUS PROJECT

 Program Defined
 A group of related projects designed to accomplish a common goal over an extended
period of time
 Program Management
 A process of managing a group of ongoing, interdependent, related projects in a
coordinated way to achieve strategic objectives
 Examples:
 Project: completion of a required course
in project management.
 Program: completion of all courses required
for a business major.

1–19
PROGRAM VERSUS PROJECT

PROGRAM OR PORTFOLIO

Project A Project 1 Project i

Project B Project 2 Project ii

Project C Project 3 Project iii

WHAT IS A PROJECT?

“A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique project, service, or result.”

- PMI Definition (pg 6 of text)

A project consists of:

1 An established objective.
2 A defined life span with a beginning and an end.
3 Usually, the involvement of several departments and professionals.
4 Typically, doing something that has never been done before.
5 Specific time, cost and performance (quality!) requirements.
PROJECTS VERSUS ROUTINE WORK

Routine Work Projects

Taking class notes Writing a term paper
Daily entering sales receipts into the Setting up a sales kiosk for a
account ledger professional accounting meeting
Developing a supply chain information
Responding to a supply chain request
system
Practicing scales on the piano Writing a new piano piece
Routine manufacture of an Apple iPad Designing a new iPad model
Attaching tags on a manufactured
RFID projects for GE and Walmart
product
THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

Poor definition and planning

Good definition and planning

PROJECT MANAGER SKILLS

Technical Skills Leadership Skills

Time Cost Stakeholders Motivation

Quality Power

Program Management
CURRENT DRIVERS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 Factors leading to the increased use of project management:

 Compression of the product life cycle
 Knowledge explosion
 Triple bottom line (planet, people, profit)
 Increased customer focus
 Small projects represent big problems

1–25
THE EVOLUTION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 Compression of the product life cycle

(BALANCING)
 Knowledge explosion
(COMPLEXITY)
 Triple bottom line
(COMPLEXITY)
 Increased customer focus
(BALANCING / COMPLEXITY)
 Small projects represent big problems
(COMPLEXITY)

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Every large and complex 3.0

problem began as a small,

simple one.
SUMMARY

 You know the course expectations.

 We completed a basic introduction to project management:
 The importance of project management in your career.
 The difference between programs and projects.
 The difference between projects and day-to-day activities.
 The project lifecycle.
 How project management is evolving.
THINGS TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT
CLASS

 Watch the video “The Role of the Project Manager” posted on the course
website.
 If you haven’t already, read pages Chapter 1, Project Management 7E – Larson
and Gray.
 READ pages Chapter 2, Project Management 7E – Larson and Gray.