Project Management CHEE /2004

Project Management What is a Project? A project can be construction of a nuclear power plant An overhall of a program curriculum Designing a new organizational model to address change Sucessful completion of CHEE470 Design project

Project Management Why is Project Management important in CHEE470 ? In past years many students did not understand what was expected of them until later in the course. A design course is not a lecture course and students must take responsibility for their learning

Project Management CHEE470 is a team effort, why? An effective team through synergy will result in a more effective approach to the project. Greater knowledge and information resources A greater variety of approaches Increased Acceptance A reduction in communications problems

Project Management

Team Basics, What are they? PurposeGoalsSkillsApproachAccountability

Project Management What are the danger signals for teams Missing deadlines Complaints, particularly about team members not pulling their weight, finger pointing and cover-ups Loss of enthusiasm for the project Discovery of errors

Project Management Time Management What are the primary goals of Time Management for CHEE470? The primary goal of time management is to make sure that the various activities and events related to the design problem are completed on schedule so that other events and activities can proceed so that ultimately the project can be completed on time

Time Management For CHEE470 you have been given a master plan, which outlines expectations and sequence of tasks. You have also been given an indication of the expected schedule. Your teams are expected to develop a realistic project schedule based on this information

Time Management Things to remember when developing a project schedule. Productivuty curve –In most projects –5% of production is achieved in first 10% of project –95% of production achieved at 80% –The last 5% takes the last 20 % of the schedule

Time Management Using Product completion as only milestone can be a mistake

Time Management Developing Your Project Schedule What is your project definition ? What is your desired end product What are the various checkpoints ?

Time Management Program Evaluation & Review Techniques PERT EventsActivity Critical Path

Time Management A PERT Chart

Time Management Your assignment for today Develop a PERT chart for your team You might consider other activities such as the Science Formal

Time Management “To Do” lists and Critical Path Diagrams or Gant Charts As projects become more complex the simplistic “To-Do” list is not sufficient, multiple activities occurring simultaneously for example Use of flow charts most common although sophisticated computer algorithms are available.