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IT Project Management Tutorial 4: Planning Processes – Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Objectives: 1. Understand the importance of planning 2. Discuss project integration management planning tasks and outputs 3. Explain project scope management planning tasks and outputs Students are encouraged to prepare their draft answer before class, as this will help them to discuss the questions and answers during the tutorial session. 1.
Using the template below, describe the key planning processes and outputs of these processes for the project management knowledge areas indicated.
KNOWLEDGE AREA
PLANNING
Project Integration Management
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Develop project management plan
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Project management plan
Project Scope Management
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Scope planning
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Project scope management plan
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Scope definition
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Project scope statement Requested changes (after reviews) Project scope management plan (updates) Project scope statement (updates)
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WBS WBS dictionary (optional) Scope baseline
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2.
Create WBS
OUTPUT
What is purpose of a project management plan? Is there any difference between a project management plan and a project charter? If so, what are differences? Project Management Plan a document used to coordinate all
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Project Charter a document to formally recognise
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project planning documents and help guide a project’s execution and control plans created in other knowledge areas (scope, risk, communications etc) are considered subsidiary parts of the overall project management plan Contains the following information
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Overview of the project Project organization Management and technical processes Work to be performed schedule information Budget information Reference to other project planning documents – scope management plan, risk management plan, communications management plan, HR management plan etc Is an output of the planning process
the existence of a project and is signed by key project stakeholders to show their support and concerns related to the project
Refer to Tutorial 3
Is an output of the initiating process
Describe different ways to develop a WBS and explain why it is often so difficult to do so. Using guidelines Analogy approach Top down approach
Bottom up approach
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Some organizations have guidelines and templates for developing WBS Use the WBS f a similar project as a starting point Start with the largest item of the project and break it down into subordinate items (repeat the process until all the work activities have been included) Begin by listing detailed tasks that are needed for the work required. Group and organize the tasks into categories. Page: 2 of 3
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Mindmapping
Then, group these categories into higherlevel categories Use mind maps to develop the WBS
It is often difficult to create a WBS because the project amanger and the project team must
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Understand both the project and its scope and incorporate the needs and knowledge of the stakeholders Decide as a group how to organize the work and how many levels to include in the WBS Decide on how to organize the WBS so that it procides the basis for the project schedule – must focus on what needs to be done and how it will be done and not when it will be done A WBS can be represented in a graphical or tabular format. Create a WBS for the project to create a web site for your class. For the purpose of this exercise, show only the details of the testing phase for the project. Use both the graphical and tabular formats to show the WBS.
WBS for a project to create a class web site (accept any other relevant answers) *Refer to lecture slides for examples
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