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* 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 )
* 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>


== Project management softwares ==
== Project management softwares ==

Revision as of 10:58, 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 )
  • 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 )

"...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]


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

  1. Harold Kerzner (2003). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (8th Ed. ed.). Wiley. ISBN 0-471-22577-0. 
  2. PMBOK, 2000 Edition