Introduction Flashcards
Project
Temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end
Creates a unique product
Program
Group of projects
They are related
Portfolio
Group of programs to achieve a business goal
Might not be related
Project management office (PMO)
同時有幾個project, PMO 就係control 睇住D project
- Providing resources
- Terminate projects
- gather lesson learn
- Provide templates & guidance
-Centralized communication
Project team
PM and the group of individuals who perform the project work
Project governance
Provide the project manger and team with structure, processes, decision making models and tools for managing the project
Organization structure 1 - Functional
- Grouped by area of specialization, etc marketing, HR, IT
個function manager 就係個HEAD
Organization structure 2 - Projectized
- 成公司is organized by projects
- PM have control of projects
Organization structure 3 - Matrix
- Team member report to functional manager & PM
- Weak matrix , functional manager 話事
- Balance matrix
- Strong matrix , PM 話事
Life cycle
- Starting the project
- Organizing and preparing
- Carrying out the work
- Closing the project
Product life cycle
- Conception
- Growth
- Maturity
- Decline
- Withdraw
Project management process groups
- Initiating
- Planning
- Execution ( most of the project work delivery)
- Monitoring & controlling ( check the project is everythings ok )
- Closing ( completed and close the project after all objective of the project are met)
Phase gate
Held at the end of a phase
Review
1. business case
2. project charter
3. Project management plan
4. Benefits management plan
Review the plan, check the end result met these document, 有分差就要改
Business case
-Prepare before project start
-Business case +Benefits management plan = business documents
- Why the project is initiated
- use for go / no go decision
Lessons learned
Shoudl cover
- technical aspects of the project
- Project management ( WBS, risk planning, etc. )
- Recommendation