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* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia ) | * '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia ) | ||
:::* '''[[w:Project planning|Project planning]]''' is part of [[w:project management|project management]], which relates to the use of [[w:Schedule (project management)|schedules]] such as [[w:Gantt chart|Gantt chart]]s to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.<ref>{{cite book | author = [[Harold Kerzner]] | year = 2003 | title = Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling | edition = 8th Ed. | publisher = Wiley | isbn = 0-471-22577-0}}</ref> | :::* '''[[w:Project planning|Project planning]]''' is part of [[w:project management|project management]], which relates to the use of [[w:Schedule (project management)|schedules]] such as [[w:Gantt chart|Gantt chart]]s to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.<ref>{{cite book | author = [[Harold Kerzner]] | year = 2003 | title = Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling | edition = 8th Ed. | publisher = Wiley | isbn = 0-471-22577-0}}</ref> | ||
::::::* A '''[[w:project plan|project plan]]''', according to the [[w:Project Management Body of Knowledge|Project Management Body of Knowledge]], is: | |||
:::::::::"...a formal, approved document used to guide both ''project execution'' and ''project control''. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among ''stakeholders'', and document approved scope, cost, and schedule ''baselines''. A project plan may be summarized or detailed.".<ref>PMBOK, 2000 Edition</ref> | |||
* Usual project progression: '''Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing''' ( Teacher's PPs ) | * 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 ) | * Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs ) | ||
== Project management softwares == | == Project management softwares == | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 29 January 2015
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 )
- 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 )
- Project planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.[1]
- A project plan, according to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, is:
- "...a formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A project plan may be summarized or detailed.".[2]
- 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.
References
- ↑ Harold Kerzner (2003). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (8th Ed. ed.). Wiley. ISBN 0-471-22577-0.CS1 maint: extra text (link)
- ↑ PMBOK, 2000 Edition