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Project
Management UK
Before
discussing Project Management UK, let’s see what Project management
is. Project management is the process by which a proposed project is
developed within a rigorous framework. The subset of project
management that this lecture will focus on is 'project scheduling',
that is the process by which the various activities that need to be
undertaken during a projects lifetime should be scheduled. There are
a range of activity management tools that are commercially
available.
Association of
Project Management UK: The Association for Project
Management UK is the United Kingdom based
organization dedicated to advancing the science of Project
Management and the professional development of Project Managers and
Project Management Specialists. Association of Project Management UK
was formed in 1972 to advance the discipline of Project Management
and to promote the professional development of Project Managers in
all business areas.
Let’s see some
nice project management proverbs from Project Management UK training
website.
- It takes one
woman nine months to have a baby. It cannot be done in one month
by impregnating nine women (although it is more fun trying).
- The same work
under the same conditions will be estimated differently by ten
different estimators or by one estimator at ten different times.
- Any project
can be estimated accurately (once it's completed).
- The most
valuable and least used WORD in a project manager's vocabulary is
"NO".
- The most
valuable and least used PHRASE in a project manager's vocabulary
is "I don't know".
- Nothing is
impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it.
- You can con a
sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot
con him into meeting it.
- At the heart
of every large project is a small project trying to get out.
- If you don't
stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
- The more
desperate the situation the more optimistic the situatee.
- If it looks
like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably
is a duck.
- Too few
people on a project can't solve the problems - too many create
more problems than they solve.
- A problem
shared is a buck passed.
- A change
freeze is like the abominable snowman: it is a myth and would
anyway melt when heat is applied.
- A user will
tell you anything you ask about, but nothing more.
- A user is
somebody who tells you what they want the day you give them what
they asked for.
- Of several
possible interpretations of a communication, the least convenient
is the correct one.
- What you
don't know hurts you.
- The
conditions attached to a promise are forgotten, only the promise
is remembered.
- There's never
enough time to do it right first time but there's always enough
time to go back and do it again.
- The
bitterness of poor quality last long after the sweetness of making
a date is forgotten.
- I know that
you believe that you understand what you think I said but I am not
sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
- Estimators do
it in groups - bottom up and top down.
- Good
estimators aren't modest: if it's huge they say so.
- The sooner
you begin coding the later you finish.
- A verbal
contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
- What is not
on paper has not been said.
- If you don’t
know where you’re going, any road will take you
there.
- If you fail
to plan you are planning to fail.
- If you don't
attack the risks, the risks will attack you.
- A little risk
management saves a lot of fan cleaning.
- The sooner
you get behind schedule, the more time you have to make it up.
- A badly
planned project will take three times longer than expected - a
well planned project only twice as long as expected.
When
you, as a project manager, accept responsibility for a project, you
accept the schedule, timeline, deadlines, resources, and
expectations set out at the start. Now you can make sure you're
asking the right questions for each project by utilizing the tools,
checklists, and information from projectmanagementsurvival.
Now
you can manage your risk project according to best practice
standards. You'll have the details and plans in place to handle
whatever arises during a project's duration—setting appropriate
expectations for timelines, milestones, and deliverables. And,
ensure success for each and every project with resources on:
- Ensuring you
have the necessary equipment and resources available
- Properly
documenting all project activities
- Identifying staff skills by roles needed
- Putting
quality controls in place
- Identifying
and estimating indirect costs
- Documenting
and prioritizing requirements
- And much more
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