COMMERCE 2OC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Work Breakdown Structure, Project Management Institute, Booz Allen Hamilton

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CHAPTER 3 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT
OUTLINE
Global Company Profile: EllisDon
The Importance of Project Management
Project Planning
Project Controlling
Project Management Techniques: PERT and CPM
Determining the Project Schedule
Variability in Activity Times
A Critique of PERT and CPM
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
When you complete this chapter you should be able to:
1. Use a Gantt chart for scheduling
2. Draw AOA and AON networks
3. Complete forward and backward passes for a project
4. Determine a critical path
5. Calculate the variance of activity times
ELLISDON PROJECTS
Project Manager for the property development of the Palm Jumeirah project, Dubai, UAE
Increased expansion at the Calgary Airport
Union Station (Toronto) renovation and expansion
Designer-builder for the Halifax 4-Pad Arena
Construction Manager for George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus
STRATEGIC IMPORTACEO F PROJECT MANAGEMENT
EllisDon Project Management:
Palm Jumeirah project is so large it can be seen from space
Mobilization of large force of subcontractors, workers, construction professionals,
and engineers
Ongoing access to physical resources and supplies
Hard Rock Café Rockfest Project:
100,000+ fans
Planning began 9 months in advance
When a band cannot reach the Rockfest site by bus because of massive traffic
jams, Hard Rock’s project manager is ready with a helicopter backup
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
Start and finish
Many related activities
Difficult planning, inventory control, supply chain
Different types of personnel resources
Many types of equipment and labour
Growing project complexity
Diminishing product/service life cycle (time based competition and quality mandate for
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EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
Construction of buildings, roads, bridges
Research projects
Information system implementations
Wedding planning
Trip planning
Improvement projects
MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS
There are different ways to handle project management tasks in a firm
Here are some examples:
Projects that take months or years to complete are usually developed outside the normal
operations planning
Project management team within the firm may be set up to handle bigger jobs and are
often disbanded when the project is complete
Sometimes projects are just part of their jobs
Whatever way your business handles projects, there are same and/ or similar phases we
commonly see in project management
1. Planning - goal setting, defining the project, team organization
2. Scheduling - relates people, money, and supplies to specific activities and activities to
each other
3. Controlling - monitors resources, costs, quality, and budgets; revises plans and shifts
resources to meet time and cost demands
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
PROJECT PLANNING, SCHEDULING, & CONTROLLING
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PROJECT PLANNING
Project can be defined as a series of a related tasks directed toward major output
1. Establishing objectives
2. Defining project
3. Creating work breakdown structure
4. Determining resources
5. Forming organization
PROJECT ORGANIZATION
Often temporary structure
Uses specialists from entire company
Headed by project manager
Coordinates activities
Monitors schedule and costs
Permanent structure called “matrix organization”
PROJECT ORGANIZATION WORKS BEST WHEN
1. Work can be defined with a specific goal and deadline
2. The job is unique or somewhat unfamiliar to the existing organization
3. The work contains complex interrelated tasks requiring specialized skills
4. The project is temporary but critical to the organization
5. The project cuts across organizational lines
A SAMPLE PROJECT ORGANIZATION
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Project manager for the property development of the palm jumeirah project, dubai, uae. Construction manager for george brown college"s waterfront campus. Palm jumeirah project is so large it can be seen from space. Mobilization of large force of subcontractors, workers, construction professionals, and engineers. Ongoing access to physical resources and supplies. When a band cannot reach the rockfest site by bus because of massive traffic jams, hard rock"s project manager is ready with a helicopter backup. Diminishing product/service life cycle (time based competition and quality mandate for. There are different ways to handle project management tasks in a firm. Projects that take months or years to complete are usually developed outside the normal operations planning. Project management team within the firm may be set up to handle bigger jobs and are often disbanded when the project is complete. Sometimes projects are just part of their jobs.

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