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Introduction to Project Management_Part.01

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Chapter 1

Introduction to Project
Management_Pt1

IT Project Management
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 Understand the growing need for better project management, especially for
information technology (IT) projects
 Explain what a project is, provide examples of IT projects, list various attributes of
projects, and describe the triple constraint of project management
 Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management
framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge
areas, common tools and techniques, and project success
 Discuss the relationship between project, program, and portfolio management and
the contributions each makes to enterprise success
 Understand the role of project managers by describing what they do, what skills
they need, and career opportunities for IT project managers
 Describe the project management profession, including its history, the role of
professional organizations like the Project Management Institute (PMI), the
importance of certification and ethics, and the advancement of project management
software
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Introduction
 Many organizations today have a new or renewed interest
in project management

 Computer hardware, software, networks, and the use of


interdisciplinary and global work teams have radically changed
the work environment
 The world as a whole spends nearly $10 trillion of its $40.7
trillion gross product on projects of all kinds
 More than 16 million people regard project management
as their profession

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Project Management Statistic
 The overall information and communications technology market
grew by 6 percent to almost $3 trillion in 2010
 In the U.S. the size of the IT workforce topped 4 million workers in
2008, and the unemployment rate for IT professionals is half the
rate for the overall labor market
 In 2011 the total compensation for the average senior project
manager in U.S. dollars was $105,000 per year in the United
States and $160,409 in the Switzerland.
 The number of people earning their Project Management
Professional (PMP) certification continues to increase. 44 percent of
employers listed project management as a skill they looked for in
new college grads, behind only communication and technical skills

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Advantages of Using Formal Project
Management
 Better control of financial, physical, and human resources
 Improved customer relations
 Shorter development times
 Lower costs
 Higher quality and increased reliability
 Higher profit margins
 Improved productivity
 Better internal coordination
 Higher worker morale 5
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What is A Project?
 A project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to
create a unique product, service, or result”
(~PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition, 2012)

 Operations is work done to sustain the business

 Projects end when their objectives have been


reached or the project has been terminated

 Projects can be large or small and take a short or


long time to complete
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Examples of IT Projects
 A team of students creates a smartphone
application and sells it online
 A company develops a driverless car
 A small software development team adds a new
feature to an internal software application for the
finance department
 A college upgrades its technology infrastructure to
provide wireless Internet access across the whole
campus
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Top Strategic Technologies for 2015
(Gartner)
 Computing everywhere
 The Internet of Things
 3D Printing
 Advanced, pervasive and invisible analytics

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Project Attributes
 Projects come in all shapes and sizes. A project:
 has a unique purpose
 is temporary
 is developed using progressive elaboration
 requires resources, often from various areas
 should have a primary customer or sponsor
 The project sponsor usually provides the direction and
funding for the project
 involves uncertainty
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End of Chapter 01_Pt01..

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