INTRODUCTION TO
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Projects in our life
Projects in our life
Projects in our work
◦ Developing a new pharmaceutical compound for market
◦ Merging two organizations
◦ Improving a business process within an organization
◦ Acquiring and installing a new computer hardware system for use in an
organization
◦ Exploring for oil in a region
PMBOK Sixth
edition
PMI Definition for Project
“A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create
a unique product, service, or result.”
Temporary
Each project has a definite
beginning and a definite
end.
PMI Definition for Project
“A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create
a unique product, service, or result.”
Create
Unique product (Big screen TV)
Service (Online banking service)
Result (the results of an analysis
performed in a research project.)
A unique combination of the
previous.
PMI Definition for Project
“A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create
a unique product, service, or result.”
A project team often includes people
who don’t usually work together –
sometimes from different organizations
and across multiple geographies.
What is operation?
◦ An operation is a set of tasks performed by certain function in the
organization to achieve certain objectives
◦ It is repeated and it includes certain processes with definite
output
◦ For example, to put together a data center is a project, but after
you put it together, keeping it up and running is an operation.
Project vs. Operation Work
Project Operation
◦ Take place outside the • Ongoing, day-to-day
operation world activities
◦ Unique and separate • Use existing systems,
from normal organization properties, and
work capabilities
◦ Continually evolving
• Typically repetitive
Where Do Projects Come From?
Business/legal requirements Stakeholder requests or needs
Are projects based on the need of Are projects based on satisfying
meeting legal, regulatory, or social stakeholder requests or needs
requirements
An environmental organization
Make the building accessible to starting a project to raise
physically disabled persons awareness among politicians
about the science behind
global warming issues.
Where Do Projects Come From?
Business or technological Products, processes, or services
strategies
Are projects based on the need to
Are projects based on the need to create, improve, or fix products,
implement or change business or processes, or services
technological strategies
A biotechnology company authorizes a
Create a website for the company project to produce and implement SOP
online service (standard operating system) in all its
labs.
Consolidating Data Center Operations with Zero Business
Disruption
Company
◦ A global company providing land, sea, and air power solutions worldwide. The Company
has established leading positions in civil aerospace, defense, marine, and energy markets.
Challenge
◦ With an aging data center and a long-term lease expiring, this company desired to
implement a new state-of-the-art data center for its entire North American operations
capable of supporting strategic growth and expansion.
◦ After securing $6 million in funding approval and identifying an 8,000 square foot new facility
location, they were still lacking a proven resource with prior data center move experience
to lead this 10-month, time sensitive initiative. The Company did not have an in-house
resource with these capabilities and knew they needed the right person to manage this
high-visibility data center move that would serve as the cornerstone of their future efforts to
consolidate other data centers worldwide and modernize their infrastructure.
◦ How many industries does the company serve?
◦ what is the change this company facing to start this project?
◦ What are the challenges they are facing in this project?
Natures of Projects
Complex budget, schedule, and resources
Developed to resolve a clear goal
or set of goals
Customer-focused
“Project management is the application of
knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet the project
requirements.”
Poorly managed projects or the absence of project management
◦ Uncontrolled expansion of the
◦ Missed deadlines, project,
◦ Cost overruns, ◦ Loss of reputation for the
organization,
◦ Poor quality,
◦ Unsatisfied stakeholders, and
◦ Rework,
◦ Failure in achieving the objectives
for which the project was
undertaken.
Project success rate
Project success rate
Project life cycle
◦ Project management life cycle process has five groups
◦ Initiating
◦ Planning
◦ Executing
◦ Monitoring and Controlling
◦ Closing
Work breakdown Structure
Define work to be done
WBS
Check how long each Sequence, time and
activity will take schedule
Budget of the project and
How much it will cost
when it is needed
What are the resources
Materials and people
required
Planning
Risks that we may
Opportunities or Threats
encountered
How we will close the
project Quality standards Define the quality measures
requested to apply
Communication inside What are the
and outside project communication rules
How we will purchase the
Procurement
materials, equipment, etc.
