Seminar 1-2

What is a Project?

• Have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications

• Have defined start and end dates

• Have funding limits (if applicable)

• Consume human and nonhuman resources (i.e., money, people, equipment)

Name an example of a project

What are the resources that a project needs?

• Manpower

• Time

• Information/technology

• Materials

• Facilities/Equipment

Resources project needs are:

Manpower

Equipment

Facilities

Materials

Information/technology

Time 

What is missing?

Who is a project manager?

• a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff

• the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the project team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives

• is the top position in an organization and responsible for implementing existing plans and policies, improving the company's financial strength, supporting ongoing digital business transformation and setting future strategy

• a person with direct managerial responsibility for a particular employee

What is not the quality of a Project Manager?

• Motivator

• Ignoring problematic team members

• Stakeholder-focused

• Great communicator 

What does the Project Manager do?

• Project manager procrastinates

• The project manager loves feeling high and wants everyone on the team to feel the same too

• The Project Manager is responsible for day-to-day running of the project, and bringing it to a successful conclusion

• Project managers can dare to allot you to multiple tasks in a day and overburden you immensely. He always says "Yes"

What is project management?

• Project management is designed not to use any of the existing resources.

• Project management is designed to use all of existing resources

• Project management is designed to make fun of existing resources

• Project management is designed to make better use of existing resources

Project management is designed to...

• meet project requirements

• make better use of existing resources

• have shared authority and responsibility between the project and line managers

• guide the project work to deliver the intended outcomes

______is a series of routine steps to perform a particular function.