Management of the system project

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Management of the system project

• How I/S projects become reality

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A project is

• temporary as opposed to ongoing,
• a planned endeavor undertaken by a team,
  organization, group, etc.
• organized and managed to create a product.

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Deliverables of the project

• Consist of the reason the project was started
• An inventory management system
• A customer tracking systems
• A patient information system for physicians
• Airline reservations system
• Tasks facilitate creation of the deliverables
• Tasks define all the work required

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Product scope vs. project scope

• Product scope defines the features, quality, and
  functions of the project deliverables.
• For the inventory management system product
  scope may be platform, network type, maximum
  capacity, etc. (i.e. features of the inventory
  management system).
• Project scope defines the work required to
  deliver the above product or service.
• For the inventory management system project
  scope may be user interviews, feasibility study,
  prototyping, etc. tasks required to produce the
  inventory management system.

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Project goals must be measurable once you get
there (What? When? How measured?)

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Components of projects

• Time (yrs., mo, days, hrs, etc.)
• Resources (people, , other resources, etc.)
• Product/Project Scope (work to deliver products
  with quality, features, specs, etc.)
• Features
• Tasks
• Phases

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Project managers

• Initiate projects
• Plan
• Manage
• Work start and finish times
• Resource usage
• Time tracking
• Resource allocation re-allocation
• Terminate

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Who are projects managers?

• Planners
• Leaders
• Problem solvers
• Conflict resolvers
• Technical experts
• Team managers
• (See PMI website)

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P/M tools

• WOD
• Gantt charts (Visio, MS Project)
• PERT/network charts (MS Project)
• Other computer SW (MS Project)
• CPM tools
• Go to the PMI web site and review requirements
  for certification at http//www.pmi.org/

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End of introduction to project management