User:Jukeboksi/BBA studies/Project Management in Multicultural Environment

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    Project Management in Multicultural Environment

    Teacher: Pekka Käyhkö

    Type of course: Free choice studies, toolbox courses in ICT

    Code: TOO8LF001

    Tools covered: w:Microsoft Project and using w:Microsoft Excel for project management purposes

    Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1

    • A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on project management )
    • In contemporary business and science a project is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects )
    • Project Management is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in scientific or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )
    • Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs )
    • Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )

    Project management softwares

    Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads. ( Wikipedia )

    There are lot of competitors in the area of project management software. See Wikipedia list of project management software.

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