APM PMQ own notes
PM Core Components
- Define reason for project
- Capture requirements
- Specify deliverable quality
- Estimate timescales/resources
- Prepare business case
- Secure funding
- Develop management plan
- Lead delivery team
- Manage risk/issues/change
- Monitor progress against plan, manage budget
- Maintain comms with client and stakeholders
- Manage supplies
- Close project
PM vs BAU
• introduce change
• have a defined end point
• are usually funded from a one-off source (capital investment)
• build temporary teams
• are unique in many aspects and are innovative in some way
• are usually more risky
• require specialised processes
, 6 Aspects of Project Management
• Scope (the statement of work or list of outputs)
• Schedule (all aspects of planning, re-planning and time management)
• Finance (one off / ongoing costs, funding arrangements and financial
benefits)
• Risk (the identification and control of uncertainty)
• Quality (adherence to specification of the outputs and appropriate
processes)
• Resources (planning and deployment of human and non-human resources)
Project management structure layers (the levels on which the PM team should
work)
• the direction of the project
• the day to day management of the project
• the management of the project delivery teams
• the resources to deliver the products
Key points to remember re: PM Team
• each role should always be present in the team
• many roles may be shared between individuals
• in some cases, an individual may take on more than one role
PM Core Components
- Define reason for project
- Capture requirements
- Specify deliverable quality
- Estimate timescales/resources
- Prepare business case
- Secure funding
- Develop management plan
- Lead delivery team
- Manage risk/issues/change
- Monitor progress against plan, manage budget
- Maintain comms with client and stakeholders
- Manage supplies
- Close project
PM vs BAU
• introduce change
• have a defined end point
• are usually funded from a one-off source (capital investment)
• build temporary teams
• are unique in many aspects and are innovative in some way
• are usually more risky
• require specialised processes
, 6 Aspects of Project Management
• Scope (the statement of work or list of outputs)
• Schedule (all aspects of planning, re-planning and time management)
• Finance (one off / ongoing costs, funding arrangements and financial
benefits)
• Risk (the identification and control of uncertainty)
• Quality (adherence to specification of the outputs and appropriate
processes)
• Resources (planning and deployment of human and non-human resources)
Project management structure layers (the levels on which the PM team should
work)
• the direction of the project
• the day to day management of the project
• the management of the project delivery teams
• the resources to deliver the products
Key points to remember re: PM Team
• each role should always be present in the team
• many roles may be shared between individuals
• in some cases, an individual may take on more than one role
