EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SOFTWARE TRAINING CENTER
INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
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Objectives
 Understand what project management is
 Understand the project management life cycle and core
processes
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Agenda
1. Why Project Management?
2. What is a Project?
3. What is Project Management?
4. Project Life Cycle
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PMI: Membership Growth Curve
Meredith & Mantel/Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 7th Edition, Chapter 1.
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Project Triangle
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) -- Fourth Edition. Chapter 1
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Product vs. Project Life Cycle Relationships
Example:
Process Mapping and Simulation for Software Projects by Sonja Koppensteiner, 2008
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Summary
 Project management is an important discipline in
contemporary software industry
 The project objectives are making products, services, or
results
 The project characteristics are scope, cost, schedule,
and quality
 The project life cycle consists of stages: starting,
organization, carrying out, and closing
 Project phases are used for better project control
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References
1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK
Guide) -- Fourth Edition / PMI, 2008
2. Meredith & Mantel/Project Management: A Managerial Approach,
7th Edition, 2008
3. Process Mapping and Simulation for Software Projects by Sonja
Koppensteiner, 2008
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Questions and Exercises
1. What is a Project? What are their main properties? Give
the project examples. What is the difference of project
from operations?
2. What are the project objectives and restrictions
(factors)? How they interrelate? Give the examples.
3. What is the project life cycle? What are the project
phases and what is their purpose? How are such
project attributes like cost of changes, risk, cost and
staffing level changed across the project time?
4. How do project life cycle and product life cycle relate?
5. What are the main project management knowledge
areas?
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