IE 5541: Project Management

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IE 5541 Project Management

• Tempting Templates
• (previously titled PM Templates)

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Team Members

• Bill Hunt Project Manager
• Kinwai Chan Communications plan, final
  presentation, research, analysis
• Heather Fox Web site, remote team tools,
  special topics presentation
• Roy Musselman Editor, research, analysis,
  second status report

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Project Background

• Prof. Schwalbe is writing the 3rd edition of
  Information Technology Project Management
• She is adding a new appendix that will reference
  various templates available for project managers
  to use.
• She is on a tight schedule and needs her first
  draft of the template appendix available by March
  31. Her final version is due April 21.

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Project Objectives

• Search for Templates
• Identify Resources (web, literature, design our
  own)
• Define Search Categories (process / knowledge
  groups)
• Analysis
• Create Template Evaluation Form (cost,
  availability, )
• Analyze Templates (scoring)
• Create Reports
• Author First Version
• Final Version
• Use Good Project Management Practices

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Where we are at

• Initiated project
• Defined our Roles
• Defined our Charter
• Signed
• Defined our Scope
• Defined Communications plan
• Wrote Team Contract

• Developed WBS
• Wrote Draft of Gantt Chart
• Project web site functioning

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Website

• http//webpages.charter.net/hafox/pm/
• Updated with current project information

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Web site screen shot
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Project Charter

• Charter created and signed

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Scope Statement

• Scope Statement defined. Key points

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Team Contract

• Plan for review and agreement
• Team Mission
• Rules of Behavior
• Code of Conduct
• Participation
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Meeting Guidelines

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Communications Plan

• Kick off meeting
• Weekly progress update among team members
• Weekly status update to Sponsor (if sponsor
  requires)
• Mid program review to Sponsor
• Final program review to delivery product to
  Sponsor
• Reward

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WBS (1 of 3)
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WBS (2 of 3)
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WBS (3 of 3)
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Preliminary Gantt Chart