Contemporary Project Management

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Contemporary Project Management
MS Project
3 MS Project 2016 Introduction Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, view panes, Zoom Slider, Shortcuts, Scheduling Mode Selector
Setting Up Your First Project Auto schedule, start date, identifying information, summary row
Create Milestone Schedule Key milestones, zero duration, must finish on, information
7 Set Up a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Understand the WBS definitions and displays Enter WBS Elements (tasks), Create the outline, Insert WBS Code Identifier column, Hide or show subtasks detail
8 Using MS Project for Critical Path Schedules Set Up the Project Schedule
Set or update the project start date, Define organization’s working and nonworking time Build the Network Diagram and Identify the Critical Path
Enter tasks and milestones, edit the timescale, understand and define task dependencies, assign task duration estimates, identify the critical path, understand the network diagram view
Display and Print Schedules
9 Define Resources Resource views, max units, resource calendars
Assigning Resources Basic assignment, modify an assignment
Identify Overallocated Resources Resource usage and Detailed Gantt views together
Overallocated Resources Finding overallocated resources, dealing with overallocations
Crashing a Critical Path Activity
10 Develop Bottom-up Project Budget Assignment costs, task costs, various cost perspectives
Develop Summary Project Budget
12 Baseline the Project Plan First time baseline, subsequent baselines, viewing variances
14 Using MS Project to Monitor and Control Projects What Makes a Schedule Useful? How MS Project recalculates based on reported actuals, current and future impacts of variances, define the performance update process (who, what, when) Steps to Update the Project Schedule
Acquire performance data, set and display status date, Enter duration-based performance data, reschedule remaining work, revise future estimates
15 Close Project Creating project progress reports, sharing reports, export a report to MS Excel, archive project work, capture and publish lessons learned
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PMBOK® Guide 6e Coverage in Contemporary Project Management 4e The numbers refer to the text page where the process is defined. Project management (PM) processes and knowledge areas 10–11 Project life cycle 7–10, 62–64 Projects and strategic planning 33–37 Organizational influences 102–110 Portfolio and program management 37–42
PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed. Coverage
Knowledge Areas
Initiating Process Group Planning Process Group
Executing Process Group
Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
Closing Process Group
Project Integration Management
Develop Project Charter 60–79
Develop Project Management Plan 409–410
Direct and Manage Project Work 459–460 Manage Project Knowledge 192–193, 504–508
Monitor and Control Project Work 460–462 Perform Integrated Change Control 229–232, 462–463
Close Project or Phase 503, 508–511
Project Scope Management
Plan Scope Management 211–212 Collect Requirements 212–216 Define Scope 216–220 Create WBS 220–229
Validate Scope 500–501 Control Scope 475–476
Project Schedule Management
Plan Schedule Management 246 Define Activities 249–253 Sequence Activities 253–255 Estimate Activity Durations 255–258 Develop Schedule 259–267
Control Schedule 476–480
Project Cost Management
Plan Cost Management 329–330 Estimate Costs 330–341 Determine Budget 342–344
Control Costs 345, 476–480
Project Quality Management
Plan Quality Management 401–404 Manage Quality 404–406, 469–474
Control Quality 406–409, 469–474
Project Resources Management
Plan Resource Management 290–295 Estimate Activity Resources 290
Aquire Resources 138–141 Develop Team 141–157 Manage Team 157–161
Control Resources 476
Project Com- munications Management
Plan Communications Management 188–192
Manage Communications 193–199, 465–467
Monitor Communications 467–468
Project Risk Management
Plan Risk Management 360–366 Identify Risks 75, 366–368 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis 75, 368–372 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis 372–373 Plan Risk Responses 75, 373–377
Implement Risk Responses 464–465
Monitor Risks 463–464
Project Procurement Management
Plan Procurement Management 431–433, 438–441
Conduct Procurements 434–438
Control Procurments 441
Project Stake- holder Management
Identify Stakehold- ers 75–77, 178–184
Plan Stakeholder Engagement 184–186 Manage Stakeholder Engagement 187–188
Monitor Stakeholder Engagement 188
Source: Adapted from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 6th ed. (Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, Inc., 2017): 31.
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Contemporary Project Management ORGANIZE LEAD PLAN PERFORM
FOURTH EDITION
TIMOTHY J. KLOPPENBORG Xavier University
VITTAL ANANTATMULA Western Carolina University
KATHRYN N. WELLS Keller Williams Real Estate
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