Project Management Fundamentals

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Project Management Fundamentals
Virtual Session 2
Web-based Training The Knowledge Management Unit
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Reflection on the Reading

• Project Management Manual Harvard Business
  School pages 3-7

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Lesson Review
Web-Based Lessons

• Lesson 1.1 Programs vs. Projects
• Lesson 1.2 Types of Projects
• Lesson 1.3 The Triangle of Scope
• Lesson 1.4 The Project Management Life Cycle

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Questions and Answers
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Top 10 Risks to Project Failure

• 1. Incomplete Requirements
• 2. Lack of User Involvement
• 3. Lack of Resources
• 4. Unrealistic Expectations
• 5. Lack of Executive Support

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Top 10 Risks to Project Failure
6. Changing Requirements and Specifications 7.
Lack of Planning 8. Didnt need it any
longer 9. Lack of IT Management 10. Technology
Illiteracy
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Reflection on the Reading

• How to Fail in Project Management (Without Really
  Trying) by Jeffrey K. Pinto and Om P.
  Kharbanda
• Why is it important for ACCION to pay attention
  to the project environment and to consider the
  interests of stakeholder groups during the
  project planning phase? How would the outcome of
  the NIPSCO case have been different if NIPSCO
  management had paid closer attention to the
  project environment and the needs of stakeholder
  groups?

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Reflection on the Reading
2. What is the Ready, aim, fire approach? How
does it differ from the Ready, fire, aim
approach? Which approach does ACCION take in its
Business Process Flow? 3. What failed
projects have you participated in? What did you
learn from them? Why is learning from your
mistakes on projects valuable to the project
management process?
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Assignments
Reading Assignments

• Project Management Manual Harvard Business
  School, Pages 8 through 32
• Complete reading and accompanying questions
• Articles and questions will be emailed to you

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Assignments
Web-Based Lessons

• Lesson 2.1 Defining a Project
• Lesson 2.2 Developing a Project
• Lesson 2.3 implementing a Project
• Lesson 2.4 Controlling a Project
• Lesson 2.5 Evaluating a Project

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Assignments
Web-Based Lessons

• Example PM Tools are available within the lessons
• Be sure to view the tools to understand what they
  contain and what they are used for