Project Management

Project Management

Table of Contents

Executive summary3

Course Reflection4

The most valuable lessons learnt4

Summarise those lessons6

Explain how they have confirmed or changed your ideas about project management6

Case One: The New Conference Centre7

1.Key Issues7

2.Lessons Learned?7

3.Application: example real world applications7

4.Barriers8

5.Connections8

6.Perception Changes8

7.Reflection8

8.Self Criticism (What conclusion did you come upon)9

Case Two: Accidental Project Manager9

1.Key Issues9

2.Lessons Learned9

3.Application10

4.Barriers10

5.Connections10

6.Perception Changes11

7.Reflection11

8.Self Criticism11

Conclusion11

References13

Executive summary

The basic difference between a project and a program, as defined by this course, is the duration and nature of the work that goes into the project. A project is a complex, non-routine, single-time effort that is limited by time, budget, resources, and performance specifications designed to meet customer needs. Apart from that, this course also defined certain characteristics of a 'project' that make it different from a long-term program or plan. These are:

Has an established objective

A project is not a routine repetitive work

Involves doing something never been done before

Has a defined life span with a beginning and an end

Requires across-the-organizational participation

Has specific time, cost, and performance requirements

A higher level group of projects targeted at a common goal

A series of coordinated, related, multiple projects that continue over an extended time and are intended to achieve a goal

In this paper, the cases discussed in class are studied to analyse their strengths and weaknesses and how they contributed to the overall learning of the students in the course.

Project Management

Introduction

A project is any type of activity that a person or a group of person start or initiate with a certain and specific purpose in mind. Projects can be initiated and conducted at different levels, ranging from small school projects which consists of the efforts put in by a few students or huge business projects which integrate careful planning and collaboration of huge business conglomerates. Either way, the purpose of a project (in general) is the same. A project is aimed at conducting an activity to fulfil a certain purpose, keeping available resources and timeline in mind.

Course Reflection

This course, 'Project Management' has been of great contribution to my personal development and growth. This course has all the essentials that may be required to contribute towards the personal growth of a person. During the course, I learnt how to manage different aspects that go into the formation, execution and completion of a project and it greatly helped me improve my management skills.

The most valuable lessons learnt

The first and the most important thing that we learnt from this course is that project management is different from programs and if a project does not have a specific time period (usually not very long) and the desired outcome of the project is vague or unknown then it becomes a program. A project is not part of routine work, nether does it involve routine work as a part of it. A project is something that is done additionally, to gain extra benefits and usually ends once the desired outcome is achieved. There are four simple phases of a project: Defining, Planning, Executing and Closure. The core concept that we learnt from this course is that the four phases of ...