PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project:

A group of milestones or phases, activities or tasks that supports an effort to accomplish

something.
Management:

It is the process of Planning, Organizing, Controlling and Measuring.

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Defination:

A process that utilizes the appropriate resources of the organization in a

controlled and structured manner, to achieve some clearly defined objectives
identified as needs.

Its typically created once, its temporary, and its specific.

As one expert notes, It has a beginning and an end.

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Project

Management Basics:

Defining

the Project

In this stage the project manager defines what the project is and what the users
hope to achieve by undertaking the project.
Planning

the Project

i.

What are the activities?

ii.

How these activities linked?

iii.

How long each activity will take?

iv.

Define requirements for completing the project?

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Project

Execution

It is the stage where designed plan will come into action.

Project manager knows the resources to be used and the budget to be allocated on
each activity.

He will assign those resources and allocate the budget to each activity.

Controlling

the Project

By keeping up with the details of progress, the project manager is able to

understand how well the project is progressing overall.

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CASE STUDY:

Our project is about constructing a garage.

The construction activities begin with activity A and ends with activity J.

Some activities have their predecessors which means the prior activity must be
performed completely to start another.

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List

of Activities:

A. Preparing Foundations
A garage foundation is typically built in a number of stages - site preparation,
laying out and pouring the footings, foundation walls and finally, installing the
concrete slab/floor.
B.

Make and position door frame

If you want to install a door in your building, you have to first frame the door
opening to prepare it for the installation .

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C. Lay drains, floor base and screed

Drain causes the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty
or dry.

Screed involves a layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface
such as a floor.

The time duration estimated for this task is 15 days.

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D. Install services and fittings
Installation of fittings such as fittings of doors, windows, plumbing, electricity,
motor etc. will be done when walls of the garage are erected which an activity E is
according to our project plan .

E. Erect walls
Once the foundations and door frames are done then next activity will be to create
walls of the garage as both A and B activities are the predecessors of E activity .

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F. Plaster ceiling

For plaster ceiling it is compulsory that all fittings included doors, windows,
plumbing and electricity have been done and walls of the garage have also been
completed.

It will save the garage from rain water .

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G. Erect roof
This step of project is about how to build a garage roof and for this activity walls of
the garage must be completed in advance.

H. Install door and windows

Setting up of doors and windows is expected to be done in 8 days. Doors and
windows will be installed once roof of the garage is built completely.

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I. Fit gutters and pipes
Fitting of gutters and pipes will be done when activities C and F is completed
which is shown in the table below.

J. Paint outside
Last activity is to paint the exterior of the garage and it will be done when all above
activities are performed according to plan.

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Task

prepare foundations

Make and position door frame

Lay drains, floor base and screed

Install services and fittings

Erect walls

Plaster ceiling

Erect roof

Install door and windows

Fit gutters and pipes

10

15

Duration (days)

Paint outside

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Activity

Description of Activity

Predecessors

Prepare Foundations

------------

Make and position door frame

------------

Lay drains, floor base and screed

-----------

Install services and fittings

Erect walls

A,B

Plaster ceiling

D,G

Erect roof

Install door and windows

Fit gutters and pipes

C.F

Paint outside

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Network

diagram:

START

D
B

E
J
A

END

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ACTIVITIES

EST

EFT

LST

LFT

SLACK

CRITICAL

(LST-EST

PATH

yes

no

15

12

27

12

no

17

25

17

25

yes

17

17

yes

25

27

25

27

yes

17

22

19

24

no

22

30

24

32

no

27

29

27

29

yes

29

32

29

32

yes

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Earliest

Start Time:

The earliest time an activity can begin without violation of immediate predecessor
requirements.
Earliest

Finish Time:

The earliest time at which an activity can end.

Latest

Start Time:

The latest time an activity can begin without delaying the entire project.
Latest

Finish Time:

The latest time an activity can end without delaying the entire project .

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Slack:

Slack time is the free time that each activity has.

Slack is the length of time an activity can be delayed without delaying

the whole project.

Critical

path:

Critical path is the longest time path route through the network.

Activities A, D, E, F, I and J are on the critical path which means delay

in these activities would result in delay of the whole project completion.