Project Management

Project

a planned undertaking that has a beginning and end and that produces some definite result

program

interrelated collections of projects, aka portfolio

scope, time, resources

what is the triple constraint

organizational change management

required for successful system building

critical path

series of tasks given their relationship that determines the total length time of project completion

system failure

•Fail to capture essential business requirements

•Fail to provide organizational benefits

•Complicated, poorly organized user interface

•Inaccurate or inconsistent data

stakeholder management

identify all the relevant stakeholders and understand their interest or role

work breakdown structure

outline of all tasks, resources and effort involved in the project

early start time

the earliest time that a task can begin due to predecessor durations

late start time

the latest time that a task can start to maintain the schedule

slack time

the amount of time a task or leg of sequential tasks can be delayed without impacting the project schedule