Project Manager

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Project Manager Project Plan

• ISE 536
• January 17, 2004

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Project Management A Profession

• Project Management Institute
• Over 100,000 members worldwide
• As a profession
• Developed body of knowledge
• Guidelines and standards for members
• Journals and trade publications
• Organizations becoming more project oriented

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Roles of a Project Manager

• Communicator
• Facilitator
• Decision maker
• Motivator

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Project Communication
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Project Managers Responsibilities

• Obtain Resources
• Overcome Obstacles
• Provide Leadership
• Achieve these through
• Negotiation
• Conflict Resolution
• Persuasion

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Selecting a Project Manager

• Credibility
• Political and Interpersonal Skills
• Motivation and Organization
• Ethical

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Pure Project Organization
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Functional Project Organization
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Matrix Project Organization
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Mixed Project Organization
President
Engineering
Manufacturing
Marketing
Project 2
Project 1
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Project Master Plan Introduction

• Overview
• Objectives
• General Approach

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Project Master Plan Resources

• Schedule
• Personnel
• Resource Requirements

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Project Master Plan Wrap-up

• Evaluation Methods
• Potential Problems
• Contractual Details

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Starting the Planning Process

• First Step Define Objectives
• Other Preliminary Concerns
• Launch Meeting

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Hierarchical Planning Process

• Complete list of all required tasks
• Steps
• List Main Objectives
• List all tasks needed to achieve objectives
  Level 1 Activities
• List all tasks needed to achieve Level 1
  Activities Level 2 Activities
• Continue breakdown to lowest level of detail

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Project Action Plan

• All project activities
• Resources required
• Precedents
• Duration
• Person(s) responsible
• Milestones Identified

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Work Breakdown Structure

• Hierarchy to divide project into separate jobs
• Top level overall project
• Multiple levels depending on complexity of
  project
• Bottom level individual tasks

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Multidisciplinary Teams

• Concurrent Engineering
• Working in parallel
• Useful structure for design projects
• Team has representatives from different areas
• Design
• Manufacturing
• Finance
• Marketing
• Sales