1. Creating team solutions
Benefits of collaboration through working in a team
Project Management: A project has:
Clearly defined purpose or goal
A starting time
A finite lifetime
A number of interdependent tasks

2. Project Management PM defined: A project is an activity
With a specific objective or goal
A time-frame for completion
A finite resources budget
A unique one-timeness

3. A Project
If it takes 2 people 2 days to complete a task how long does it take
4 People?
8 People?
Project egs. office, blocks, new schools, freeway projects
PM involves identifying:
Key tasks
Allocating resources
Scheduling & monitoring taks
Identifying milestones
Determining contingency plans

4. Terms
Task
A definable unit of work with an estimated duration, usually performed by one resource
Milestone, used to indicate major stages in a project; it is not a task, has zero time duration

5. PM terms contd Milestone
A zero-duration task eg a point in time. Used to indicate major stages in the project.
Resources
Assigned to each task, technical, (money & equipment) & human resources
Schedule
Tasks are interdependent
Schedule allows mapping project tasks and display interdependencies
Tasks are interdependent and must be put in order
Critical Path
The longest path in the project. Any changes to tasks on the critical path will affect the end date of the project (minimum time)

6. Terms

7. Terms

8. PM terms contd Costing A cost is assigned for use of resources
Quality control
Involves checking results against quality standards
Tools including flowcharts, control charts, scatter diagrams are used to monitor quality control
Contingency plans
Predetermined actions if a kind of disaster occurs

9. Tools for managing projects
Project table
Table used to undertake task analysis breaking the project into smaller tasks and determine task duration and predecessors.

10. Tools for managing projects
Gantt Chart
A graphical representation of the project. It indicates the timing and duration of the tasks; can also show milestones and task dependencies

11. Groupware
Software designed to allow workers to collaborate on tasks; eg. Microsoft SharePoint
Version Control
Files can easily be overwritten if version control is not used
Using a sequential file-naming strategy and storing working files in a central location reduces problems