Todays Agenda 1 Introduction 2 Define Projects and
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Today’s Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Define Projects and Project Management 3. Student Project Story 4. Relevance of Project Management to Other Careers 5. Value of Certification 6. Other Project Stories From My Career 7. Why This Class? 8. Review Class Approach/Expectations 9. Agenda for Next Class
What is a Project? - Can be in any industry and/or discipline, - Creates a unique product/service (nothing else exactly like it), - Clearly defined objectives (e. g. double revenue in one year), - Defined beginning and end (temporary), - Progressively elaborated as project is better understood - Program Management, - Portfolio Management.
What Defines a Good Project Manager? To be effective as a project manager you need to understand what needs to be achieved to meet the project requirements (objectives) and have the authority to make project decisions. A good project manager has relevant knowledge of: - products or services being addressed by the project, - project budget (people, equipment, etc. ), and - project time frame.
Janus Capital Group Student Project Objective: - Develop an internship program for the Project Management Office (PMO) employing five interns per year within three years Initial Project Stakeholders: - PMO VP - PMO Manager Project Budget: - Four students for 10 hours a week for 16 weeks - Hitachi Consulting mentor 12 hours total - PMO Manager for 2 hours each week
Janus Capital Group Project, cont. Key Lessons Learned: - Missed a key stakeholder - Needed additional outside expertise due to project changes - Authority to contact other Janus executives key to success - Janus employees actively engaged in the project - People/Communications key to project success not technology
Are you a Project Manager even if you are not called one? Absolutely – Some other jobs that have project manager responsibilities include: – Engineer – Business or Systems Analyst – Teacher – Student – CEO – Sales Manager – Financial Analyst – Etc……
Value of Certification - Why PMI Certification? www. PMI. org - Federal Government requires project managers are certified - Exam preparation focuses on definitions, best practices and other useful things (makes sense for an introduction to project management course) - Exam is situational - Used as a filter for many opportunities - Becoming a student of project management has made me a better project manager
My Project Manager Stories! What I remember from school are the stories my teachers told. So here a few of my own: - Bread Project – It’s only 2 cents more! Leaving PW for Andersen (Wandering the Streets of Moscow) Uncle Guilly’s to Starlite Diner (Mafia) Russian Privatization Project – Katz, Harvard and PW
Why This Class? • On a piece of paper, write a short answer to the question above. (No names please)
Class Approach - See course syllabus in section “Course Overview” - Discussion
