AGENDA • Part 1 • Academic runthough (Definitions/explanations) • Part 2 • Project mangement Pitfalls • Part 3 • Hands On Skills Accessment and corrections. What is a Project • Traditional Definition: It's a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. • A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources. • Project in Agile terms: The "project" definition is somewhat fuzzy in the Agile world, because work is a collection of features/epics that are aligned to a value stream. (Debated over the years) • DOD: Definition of Done. (Development/Testing/Deployment/user feedback/revenue gain) What is project mangement • Project management, is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. • Break down of Knowledge (Methodologies Waterfall/Agile (Scrum)) • Scrum activites (Sprint planning / Daily scrum / Sprint review / Sprint retrospective) • Break down of Skills (interpersonal Skills,(Temperament/Keep your emotions and ego at the door/ Understanding being a servant leader/ seeing things from the client perspective. you cannot hate blood and become a medical doctor ) • Risk Management skills, Negotiation Skills. (risks come from everywhere/ Experience is knowing areas where risks can emanate from/cater for unforseen circumstances ) • Team management Skills, (understand the work ethic and temperament of every memeber on your team/Understand common sense/ Staffs are not robots/ be realistic/) • problem Solving skills • BreakDown of tools (Teams, Stickly notes, notepad, microsoft project, Asana, trello etc Communication • 90% of a project managers role is communication. • For a successful project execution, effective communication to all stakeholders is essential. Many projects fail because of a lack of communication or an ineffective one • These are the three communication areas in project management: • Internal information exchange (decision-making process, conduction of meetings, daily scrums etc.) • Information management (relevant project information is communicated to all project stakeholders, changes to the project are communicated etc.) • Project marketing (project presentation and display to employees, customers, sponsors etc.) • THINGS TO CONSIDER • Does communication facilitate the achievement of goals and objectives? Who is the target audience of the communication and information transfer? Which communication channels should be used? Project Management PITFALLS • • • • • • • Scope Creep: Lack of Communication Unrealistic goals / Deadlines Budgeting Inadequate Skills Inadequate Risk Management Lack of Accountability
