Project Management Flashcards
Project Management
Leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within constrainsts
Constraints of Project Management (3)
Budget, Scope, Time
Project
Interrelated activities with end goal, start and end time, unique outcome for specific allocation of results
Scope
boundaries of the project, what are you doing, how will execute
Scope needs to be (2)
clear and concrete
every action preceded by question “is this in our scope”
Scope creep
widening of scope as decisions not made within interest of original scope
Creating Team (3) and describe
Project Manager
Team Member
Role & Responsibility
Work Breakdown Structure and what is lvl 1 or 2
statement of all work that needs to be completed. Breaks down projects into tasks (level 1) and responsibilities (level 2)
Network Diagram
Visually displays relationship between activities in a project
Program Evaluation and Review Technology (4)
- Plan for and recognize interconnections between activities
- estimation completion time
- identify critical path
- Analyze time and costs of resource trade offs
Path
Each sequence of activities between the start and finish of a project
Critical Path and if delayed?
Path that takes longest to complete activity
entire project delayed
Scheduling
If time for activities unknown then
Entire project time is based on…
estimate with reasonable judgement
earliest finish time of last activity on critical path
ES
Earliest Start Time - earliest finish time of preceding activity, if multiple then latest used
EF
earliest finish: earliest start + estimated time of activity
