Project Management Managing Project Execution 111 Project Execution

Project Management Managing Project Execution 111

Project Execution The phase of a project in which work towards direct achievement of the project’s objectives and the production of the project’s deliverables occurs – the execution of the project plan 112

A Component of PMBOK’s Project Integration Management 1. Develop project charter 2. Develop preliminary project scope statement 3. Develop project management plan 4. Direct and manage project execution 5. Monitor and control project work 6. Integrated change control 7. Close project 113

Project Execution Processes Direct and manage project execution Perform quality assurance Acquire project team Develop project team Information distribution Request seller responses Select sellers 114

Direct And Manage Project Execution Managing the technical and organizational processes and interfaces that are necessary for completing the project work specified in the project management plan 115

Perform Quality Assurance Evaluating project progress on a regular basis in order to determine if the project will satisfy established quality standards (Project Quality Management) 116

Acquire and Develop Project Team Acquisition of team members Strategies/actions to improve individual and group competencies and interactions (Human Resource Management) 117

Information Distribution Providing stakeholders appropriate information on a timely basis 118

Project Plan Execution – Outputs Deliverables Requested changes Implemented change requests Implemented corrective actions Implemented preventive actions Implemented defect repair Work performance information 119

Project Plan Execution – Outputs Implemented preventive actions Successfully implemented preventive actions Implemented defect repair Successfully implemented defect repairs Work performance information Information that reflects the current status of project plan activities 1110 (cont. )

Project Manager’s Simultaneous Monitoring & Managing Actions Monitoring Allocating and distributing work to team members at the right time while also managing task dependencies Updating progress of each task Determining consequences and predicting their effects on future tasks and milestones Managing changing team membership Managing role of third parties, like vendors and suppliers Enforcing ownership of tasks 1111

Common Systems Development Project Problems 1112

Managing Change Project changes Change Not request processes must be in place all accepted Accepted changes can affect schedule/ budget and deliverable Team changes Project Plan members will come and go for member turnover 1113

Communication and Documentation Meetings Written reports Flexible, virtual Web-based solutions Provides current project status information Electronic communication Scheduled, accurate, up-to-date information Project management information systems Topics drift; lack of contribution by member; attitude of “let me get back to my real work”; or are they organized, focused, well-executed? Increase accessibility and related information Documentation Provides a record of event for review, audit or lessons 11 - learned 14