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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> | |||
* Usual project progression: '''Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing''' ( Teacher's PPs ) | * Usual project progression: '''Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing''' ( Teacher's PPs ) | ||
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There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''. | There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''. | ||
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Revision as of 10:50, 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]
- 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.