What Should Project Team Members Know About Project Management

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What Should Project Team Members Know About
Project Management?

• Scott Campbell, PMP,MBA
• CORADIX Technology Consulting Ltd.
• DND/PMI OVOC Symposium
• 30 November 2005

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Who are Project Team Members?

• Developers
• Team Leaders
• Architects
• QA/Testers
• Users

• Project Control Office
• Program Management Office
• Procurement
• HR
• Project Sponsor?

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Thesis

• Every project team member has a mini-project
  a task to manage
• Many team members can impact downstream
  mini-projects
• Therefore, to varying degrees, every team member
  should know Project Management

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Which Concepts Affect Their Mini-Project?

• Scope
• Time
• Cost
• Quality

• Human Resource
• Communications
• Risk
• Procurement

• Integration

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Which Concepts Impact Downstream Mini-Projects?

• Scope
• Time
• Cost
• Quality

• Human Resource
• Communications
• Risk
• Procurement

• Integration

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Which PM Process Groups are Relevant?

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing

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Conclusion

• To varying degrees, every team member should know
  project management
• To the extent they dont,
• Their mini-projects suffer
• Downstream mini-projects may suffer
• sometimes with significant leverage!

We should educate team members in the
fundamentals of project management
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PM101 Introduction to Project Management

• Content

• WBS mini-projects
• Key concepts of each knowledge area
• Downstream mini-projects, and leverage
• Managing expectations
• Issue management
• Contingency reserves, by level
• Scope vs. cost vs. quality tradeoff
• How long is a piece of string?

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PM101 Introduction to Project Management
(contd)

• How many hours?
• Who needs more/less?
• How would the PM reinforce the education?
• Would it be a justifiable investment?

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• Scott Campbell, PMP, MBA
• Vice-President, Operations
• CORADIX Technology Consulting Ltd.
• ScottC_at_Coradix.com
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