CMIS 470
Structured Systems Design
Project Management
Week 2
Plan for week
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Day 1
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Library Research Hints
Work Breakdown Schedule How-tos
Meet team member
MS PM handouts
Handout first homework assignment
Day 2
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Discuss PM Handouts
Readings
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Rig Your Project for Success
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Who said it?
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“The way to success is first to have a
definite, clear, practical ideal – a goal, an
objective. Second, have the necessary
means to achieve your ends – wisdom,
materials, and methods. Third, adjust your
means to that end.”
5 Project Management Steps
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Initiate
Plan
Execute
Control
Close
Expect problems
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“Sure, if everyone got along, showed
up, worked hard, had no accidents,
stayed on task, wasn’t interrupted,
didn’t have 10 other important
responsibilities, and our friend Murphy
never showed up, this project might be
a piece of cake.” (Black, 2000)
Triple Constraints
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When problems arise, consider the
triple constraints carefully before acting.
Your new role: Detective! See pages
54 and 55 for good questions.
Thinking of Everything
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Deals with setting up the WBS
Quality of WBS will depend on how well
defined your project is (how specific
were you on the PDD?).
Details of Work Breakdown
Schedule
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Part of Defining and Planning step:
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Define the project
Build the WBS
Set project start date
Define task dependencies
Assign resources
Fine-tune the plan
For Next Session…
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Read appendices A and B, PM handouts