tm&i 2010 VI.1 technology management & innovation introduction to project management (ii) project planning methods & tools

tm&i 2010 VI.2 TIME MONEY RESOURCES Project Culture project

tm&i 2010 VI.3 TASK LISTDELIVERABLESOBJECTIVE evaluate a new technology written report and presentation review IP analyse performance determine manufacturing compare with competition (SWOT) make recommendation prepare the report & presentation Project Planning plan your projects from “the top down”

tm&i 2010 VI.4 compile task list specify chronology (order in which tasks occur) assign task durations the sum of all sequential task durations gives an estimate of the project duration (“end date”)

Tasks can be arranged in sequential steps (boxes), rather like a computer programme This technique is known as a PERT chart Each box is a task, and has a start date, finish date & duration tm&i 2010 VI.5

tm&i 2010 VI.6 main taskssub tasks

tm&i 2010 VI.7 Project Planning PERT analysis good for logical flow and Critical Path Analysis (CPA) but hard to visualise actual task durations The Gantt chart provides a simple graphical representation of task duration, plotted as a function of time programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)

The Project Gantt Chart tm&i 2010 VI.8

tm&i 2010 VI.9 Gantt Chart easy to “grasp” at a glance good for explaining project plans to others impact of human resource changes clearly visible on timescale and “end date” good for monitoring project progress (more on this in next lecture)

tm&i 2010 VI.10 TASK LISTDELIVERABLESOBJECTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION TIMING RESOURCE PERT & CPA Gantt

tm&i 2010 VI.11 summary top down approach to project plans is “common sense” objective, deliverables, tasks, sub-tasks network diagram (PERT) illustrates task precedence (order) and helps to identify the critical path Gantt chart is good for explaining the project to others and clearly shows key project dates (e.g. milestones), and the effect resourcing has on these dates

tm&i 2010 VI.12 homework task 6 design a project plan for your Applied Chemistry Master’s thesis I recommend you use MS-Project Professional 2007 prepare a Gantt chart of your project to clearly show tasks, duration and chronology (precedence), project start date, and end date (viva/graduation!) submission date 14/12/11 reading assigments Week 4, 5,6, i 7 Download a free trial version of MS-Project here, or see Petar Kassel about using the lab PC in ZOAK