HTM 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Work Breakdown Structure, Project Management, Critical Path Method

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTM 3120
• Professor: Mark Holmes

Document Summary

Project management: gantt charting, critical path management (cpm) Projects involve a series of inter-related activities, often performed by individuals at different times. Project management process planning: work breakdown structure, scheduling, controlling. Principles of effective project management: direct people individually and as a team, keep everyone informed, manage healthy conflict, empower the team. Corrective control was not exercised in time. Determines the timing of individual tasks or activities within a project. Plots a timeline for each activity across a time-line for the project. A graphic representation of the work breakdown structure Do not show relative importance of activities regarding completion times. Unwieldy and awkward for complex projects because the value lies in seeing the whole project at once, and paper size limits that ability. Microsoft project is software based on these methods. Network methods (cpm and pert) provide a better solution . Project management techniques in broad usage for many years. Gives the amount of slack for each activity.