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Anders P. Ravn
Computer Science
Aalborg University
April 2007
A Project
1. Defined Objective
2. Defined Timeframe
3. Defined Resources (Budget)
Objective
Project progress
(uses resources)
Time
start finish
Harvey Maylor, Project Management, (3rd ed.), Prentice-Hall, 2002, pp 1-5
Project versus Line Production
A project has a unique objective
Volume
Production
Paint by Project
numbers
As
but
First
Timers
Maylor pp 7-9
Project versus Line Management
Oversees change
Fuzzy lines of authorithy
Tasks change often
Operates within temporary project structures
Predominantly innovative
Main task is conflict resolution
Success defined by reaching stated end-goals
Uncertainties are in intrinsic in the process
Maylor pp 10
The Process
Constraints
Objective
Result
Time
Maylor pp 15-18
Life-cycle
1. Define the project objective
2. Design the process
3. Deliver the product
4. Develop the process
Objective Constraints
Product
Maylor pp 19-24
Defining an Objective
Conceptualisation
Product Requirement Definition
Feasibility Analysis
Complexity
Resource Budget:
- people (skills, time, availability)
- tools and materials (cost, availability)
Define Objective
Lars Mathiassen, Andreas Munk-Madsen, Peter Axel Nielsen and Jan Stage,
Object-oriented Analysis and Design, MARKO Publishing, Aalborg 2000.
Estimating Complexity
Organizational
Resource
Technical
Maylor pp 28-31
Feasibility - Issues to address
Strategy
Structure
Systems
Staff
Skills
Style/Culture
Stakeholders
Maylor pp 24-27
Designing a process
Proposal Product Specification
Plan (activities, milestones, dependencies)
Justification (costs and benefits - SWAT)
Agreement
Planning why bother?
The solution space
Project progress
Deadline
Activity
Time
Milestone
Gantt Chart a useful tool
Activity
A
B
C
Pert Diagram -dependencies
C 10
G5
A 14
D 13
H6
E 14
B7 I 24
F7
Example Gantt Chart
Delivering the product
Start-up
Execution (check MILESTONES)
Completion
Handover (or flee!)
Example: Status
Develop your Process
Review the material and the result
Feedback