3. Managing system projects

3. Managing system projects

1. 3.1 Overview of Project Management

   • Planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling, and reporting on information system development
   • 3.1.1 Successful Project
     • completed on TIME
     • within BUDGET
     • meet REQUIREMENTS
     • satisfy USER
   • 3.1.2 Project Triangle
     • Challenges: To find optimal balance among the factors
       • COST
       • SCOPE
       • TIME
   • 3.1.3 What Does a Project Manager Do?
     • Project planning
       • Identifying all project tasks
       • estimating the completion time and cost of each
     • Project scheduling
       • timetable showing tasks, task dependencies, and critical tasks that might delay the project
     • Project monitoring
       • Guiding, supervising, and coordinating the project team’s workload
     • Project reporting
       • Creating regular progress reports for management, users, and the project team itself

2. 3.2 Creating a Work Breakdown Structure