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Project Management
Project Planning
Project Planning a statement of work that written description of the goal setting, defining the project, and team organization. Elements of Project Planning: Defines project objectives Identify activities Establish precedence relationships Make time estimates Determine project completion time Compare project schedule objectives Determine resources requirements to meet objectives
Project Organization
Project Organization an organization formed to ensure that project receive the proper management Project Manager project heading that coordinates activities with other departments and reports directly to top management with reasonability:
To finish all activities in proper sequence and on time The project comes in within budget The project meets its quality goals
Project Scheduling
Project Scheduling involves sequencing and allocating time to all project activities At this stage, managers decide how long each activity will take and compute how many people and material will be needed at each stage of production Gantt Chart is one popular project scheduling approach
Gantt Charts
Gantt Charts planning charts used to schedule resources and allocate time
Project Controlling
Project Controlling involves close monitoring of resources, cost, quality and budgets Control also means using a feedback loop to revise the project plan and having the ability to shift resources to where they are needed
General Hospital
Acvt Description Preds
A B C D
E F
G H
Build internal components Modify roof and floor Construct collection stack Pour concentrate and install frame Build high-temperature burner Install Pollution control system Install air pollution device Inspect and test
A A,B
C C
D,E F,G
Activity-on-Arrow
Earliest Start (ES) - the earliest time activity can start, assuming all preceding activity start as early as possible Earliest Finish (EF) the earliest time the activity can finish. Last Start (LS) - the latest time the activity can start and not delay the project. LS = LF - t Last Finish (LF) - the last time the activity
EF = ES + t
General Hospital
Acvt A B C D E Description Build internal components Modify roof and floor Construct collection stack Pour concentrate and install frame Build high-temperature burner Preds Time A A,B C 2 3 2 4 4
F
G H
C
D,E F,G
3
5 2 25
CP
Crashing
Crashing - Shortening activity duration on critical path to speed up the project Cost-Time Trade-Off of Crashing
decreasing the indirect cost: facilities and equipment cost, supervision and personnel cost increasing direct expenses
determine the lengths of critical path determine total cost modified crash program