MGMT8630 – INTRODUCTION TO

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- MANUFACTURING

PROFESSOR: SLAWOMIR RAPALA

SEMESTER: WINTER 2024
What is Project management?

Project management is the practice of initiating, planning, executing,

controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet
specific success criteria at the specified time. The primary challenge of project
management is to achieve all of the project goals within the given constraints.
This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the
beginning of the development process. The primary constraints are scope,
time, quality and budget. The secondary – and more ambitious – challenge is
to optimize the allocation of necessary inputs and...

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  Career in project management
 PMI and certifications
AGENDA  Projects, Operations, and the role of project manager
 Project management lexicon
GROUP EXERCISE

 In your group, select a project that you like, this could be a social event or your study plan or any other project.
Create a project plan for your project. Be as much detailed as you can.
 Present your plan to your classmates
 What else would you add to your plan?
 What are the challenges you face?
 Listen to other groups presentations, did they miss anything in their plan?
CAREER IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 Growth: According to PMI, demand for the project managers over the next 10 years is growing faster than demands for other
occupations.
 Higher pay rate
 Transferable skills
 Opportunity for advancement
 Job Titles:
 Project coordinator
 Project scheduler
 Assistant project manager
 Project manager
 Program manager
 Portfolio manager

Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/careers/talent-gap-2021
PMI AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATIONS

 “ISO 21500:2021, Project, programme and portfolio management — Context and Concepts, is an international
standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO starting in 2007 and released in
2021. It is intended to provide generic guidance, explain core principles and what constitutes good practice in
project management.[1] Also ISO 21502:2020 Project, programme and portfolio management — Guidance on
project management, gives the guidelines for project management.

Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/careers/job-growth
PMI CERTIFICATIONS

 Project Management Professional (PMP)®

 Prerequisites
 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®  Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree,
 Prerequisites: or the global equivalent)
 60 months leading projects
 Secondary diploma (high school diploma/ global equivalent)
 35 hours of project management education/training or
 AND CAPM Certification
 23 contact hours of formal education
 OR
 A 4-year degree
 36 months leading projects
 35 hours of project management education/training or
CAPM Certification
CHANGES FROM SIXTH EDITION TO SEVENTH EDITION

 The previous standard was mostly process based. Inputs, outputs and tools and techniques were the heart of the
standard
 In the new standard models methods and artifacts replace what was considered tools and techniques and outputs
of the processes.
 It was deemed to be focused on traditional approach to project management. The new standard is more PM
approach agnostic. This is mainly due to growth of software elements in products and emergence of new project
management approaches such as Agile.
 The new standard is principle based not process based. The principles capture generally accepted objectives for
the project management practice.
CHANGES FROM SIXTH EDITION TO SEVENTH EDITION

 Previous standards are still valid and not negated by the new standard, it is rather a new approach.
 The new standard has a system view and looks at project management as a value delivery system.
 Previous standards were focused on outputs, the new standard is focused on outcomes that deliver value to
stakeholders.
 Previous standard shifts from knowledge areas (such as cost, schedule, etc.) to “performance domains”. A
performance domain contains related activities that are essential for project delivery.
SUMMARY OF
PMBOK
STRUCTURE,
SEVENTH
EDITION
CHANGES

Source: PMBOK 7th edition

OVERVIEW OF THE PMBOK STRUCTURE

 PMI lexicon of Project Management (see Glossary on page 233)

 The Guide and the standard
 Product management and project management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEXICON

 Frequently used project management terms have distinct. clear and concise definitions.
 Example: what is a project deliverable?
 Deliverable is any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that is produced to complete a
process, phase, or project.
 Do not interpret the terms literally.