Project Management for Engineering and Technology
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Outline
Lessons 1:
Overview of Project Management
- Project Defined
- Need for Project Managers
- Essential Elements of a Project
- Internal Versus External Projects
- Speaking the Language of Project Management
- Project Success Criteria
- People Skills in Project Management
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 2:
Roles and Responsibilities of Project Managers
- The Project Manager’s Functions
- Process Functions of Project Managers
- People Functions of Project Managers
- Characteristics of an Effective Project Manager
- Functional, Matrix, and Project-Based Organizations
- Project Management Certifications
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 3:
Project Initiation
- Outcomes of the Project Initiation Phase
- Project Description
- Project Feasibility Analysis
- Project Concept Document
- Project Charter
- Stakeholder Register
- Project Kickoff Meeting
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activity
Lessons 4:
Project Planning — The Schedule
- Benefits of Planning and Scheduling
- The Planning and Scheduling Process
- Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
- Key Facts About Developing a WBS
- The WBS Dictionary
- Enterprise Environmental Factors
- Estimating Activity Duration and Sequencing Activities
- Displaying the Project Schedule
- The CPM Network Diagram
- Scheduling Software and Combined Schedule Formats
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application activities
Lessons 5:
Project Planning — The Cost Estimate and Budget
- The Cost Estimate
- Costs To Be Included in Estimates
- Estimating Methods
- Estimating Products
- The Budget
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 6:
Project Planning — HR, Communication, Procurement, and Quality Plans
- The Human Resource Plan
- The Communication Plan
- Procurement Plan
- The Quality Management Plan
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 7:
Project Planning — The Risk Management Plan
- Risk Defined
- Risk Management Defined
- Classifications of Risk Factors
- Risk As It Relates to Project Success Criteria
- Risk Identification Process
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Analysis Tools
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 8:
Project Execution — Build the Project Team
- Teambuilding Defined
- Common Mission: The Basis of Effective Teamwork
- Building the Project Team
- Explaining the Roles of Team Members
- Explain How the Team is Supposed to Operate
- Four-Step Model for Building Effective Teams
- Evaluating Teambuilding Activities
- Initiating the Team’s Work
- Teams should be Coached
- Handling Conflict in Teams
- Summary
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Review Questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 9:
Project Execution — Procurements
- Procurement Methods
- Preparing an RFP or RFQ Package
- Bonds, Addenda, and Alternates
- Contracts for Subcontractors and Materials Suppliers
- Evaluating Bidders and Bids
- Ethics in Procurement
- Summary
- Key terms and concepts
- Review questions
- Application Activities
Lessons 10:
Project Monitoring and Control
- Monitoring and Controlling Scope
- Monitoring and Controlling the Schedule
- Monitoring and Controlling Costs
- Earned Value Management
- To-Complete Performance Index
- Performance Reviews
- Cost Monitoring and Control Software
- Quality Monitoring and Control Methods