Project planning

What is a project?

Start Date

End date

Project Product

A temporary endeavor undertaken to create an

unique product, service or result.*

* PMI Definition

Uniqueness

High complexity

But in the end …a project is constrained by …

COST

TIME

QUALITY

Project

It has a precise start and end date

It has to respect a certain budget 1. Quality means meeting sponsor’s criteria

2. Quality means that the product will respect the specifications

Project Management Process Groups

Execution

Monitoring &Control

Initiation Plan & Design Closing

Project Management Knowledge Areas

Project Integration Management

Project Scope Management

Project Time Management

Project Communication Management

Project Risk Management

Project Human Resources

Management

Project Procurement Management

Project Cost Management

Project Quality Management

Rules of the WBS : 1. Project Management will always be

on the WBS 1. Every Level 1 deliverable has to

have an owner 3. Each deliverable has to appear only

once within the WBS 4. Work packages are the lowest- level

items

What is WBS?

Project Product

Deliverable 1

Sub D 1.1 Sub D 1.2

Deliverable 2

Sub D 2.2. Sub D 2.1

Act 2.1.1 Act 2.1.2

Work Break Down Structure is a deliverable oriented tool that defines the

total scope of project

Project Charter or Business Case

Feasibility Phase

• Is my project result adding value to my organization?

• Implementation Efforts overcome the result?

• Is it a long term result and helps me reach a

sustainable development?

• Is my concept the best one for reaching the

requested result?

We have a project! How do we deal with it now?

Planning

Risk Plan

Communication Plan

Human Resources Plan

Time Schedule

Quality Control Plan

Purchasing Plan

Change Management Plan

Communication Management

• Communication means reaching all your Stakeholders

• 90% of a Project success is due to communication

Stakeholders Identification

Communication Plan

Tracking

Time Management

Activity Definition

Activity Sequencing

Activity Resource Estimation

Activity Duration Estimation

Schedule Development

Time Management – Critical Path

Activity A ( 2 days) can start right away

Activity B ( 3 days) and Activity C ( 2 days) can start after Activity A is finished

Activity D ( 5 days) can start after Activity B is finished

Activity E ( 1 day) and Activity F ( 4 days ) can start after Activity C is finished

Activity G ( 2 days)can start after Activity E is finished

Activity H( 3 days) can start after Activity F is finished

Activity I ( 2 days) can start after Activity D, G, H are finished

After Activity I the project is complete

What is the critical path and what is it’s duration?