2.1 Introduction of project management
Project Management Basics:
- Introduction
- definitions
- prerequisities for a succesful project
Original material by Jouni Huotari & Esa Salmikangas
At first
Reflection
Define in your mind following concepts:
- project?
- process?
Compare your own definitions to those presented by others?
Concepts / project
A project is a a one-off workset with:
- Clear objectives and end result
- a plan to be leaned on
- clearly demarcated resources and defined duration
- Project: Task + Resources + Schedule
Project work is one way of implement working
Concepts / process
The process can mean many different things:
- a series of similar events
- a single sequence of transacations (such as a project)
- a way to do things (sush a method)
- a series of activities, people, and misch acts needed to acheive a result
An interconnected set of steps aimed at achieving a specific goal => standard working methods and outputs
Project vs. Process
Examples of programs
- Research programs
Complement
Reflection
- Project vs. process
