ENMA 301 Project Managnment Flashcards
What are the Three essential considerations in project management?
Time (project schedule)
Cost (in dollars and other resources)
Performance (the extent to which objectives are achieved)
What are some types of Proposals?
RFP (Request for Proposal)
Proposal Manager
Budget for Proposal process
What is the management Proposal?
The management proposal discusses the company, its organization, its relevant experience, its management methods and control systems and describes the personnel proposed to lead the project
What is the technical Proposal?
The technical proposal outlines the design concept proposed to meet the client’s needs, with special emphasis on the approach planned to resolve the most difficult technical challenges posed by the project
What is the cost proposal?
The cost proposal not only includes a detailed price breakdown, but often also discusses aspects of inflation, contingencies and contract change procedures
What are the 5 Phases in Project Management?
Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and controlling Closing
What is the Scope Statement?
- Scope is a statement that defines the boundaries of the project.
- It says what is going to be accomplished and what is going to be done.
- In Engineering this can be known as the Statement of Work.
In a Develop Detailed Plan, What does the Project Team do?
- Identify project activities
- Estimate durations
- Determine resources
- Construct network
What are some Project Planning Tools?
- Statement of work
- Milestone schedule
- Work breakdown structure
- Gantt charts
- Network scheduling systems
- Resource allocation methods
What is the Statement of Work (SOW)
- Describes exactly what is to be provided in the project
- Normally begins with the general scope of the work, then itemizes the tasks to be performed, the products or services to be delivered and the data or reports to be supplied
What is the Milestone Schedule?
Key dates for major project phases or activities
The Milestone schedule is essential for detailed planning
What is the Work Breakdown Structure?
- A product-oriented “family tree” of work effort that provides a level-by-level subdivision of the work to be performed in a contract
- Provides a common framework or outline
- Describe the total program / project effort
- Plan and schedule effort
- Estimate costs and budgets
- Support network schedule construction
- Assign responsibilities and authorize work
- Track time, cost and performance
What are Gantt Charts?
- Charts display progress of some set or sequence of activities or resources in the vertical dimension is plotted against time in the horizontal dimension
- Gantt charts are easy to understand and use
- They provide a good tool for managing small projects without an excessive number of tasks
- A chart showing only the major subdivisions of project activity is known as a Master Schedule
What things need must be stablished for Gantt Charts?
- The tasks needed to complete the project
- The precedence relationships of the tasks (which tasks must be complete before other specified tasks can begin)
- The expected duration of each task
What is the Network Scheduling System?
-Program evaluation review technique (PERT)
PERT is used in the aerospace industry
-Critical Path Method (CPM)
CPM is preferred in the construction industry
