Ms project.ppt

Project Management Dr in?. Janusz Pobo?niak email: pobozniak@.pl Project management Project management: Is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Project vs. usual operations A project is a temporary activity, having a defined beginning and end (usually constrained by date, but can be by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, usually to bring about beneficial change or added value. The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast to business as usual (or operations), which are repetitive, permanent or semi-permanent functional work to produce products or services. Project goals The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while honoring project constraints. Typical constraints are scope, time, and budget. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives. Project stages initiation planning or development production or execution monitoring and controlling closing Course plan Part I: Discovering MS Project functionality- students presentations Part II: Project management using MS Project - project management in Excel- project management in Microsoft MS Part III: Presentations on selected aspects of project management Introduction to Microsoft MS Project 2000 Microsoft Project is perhaps one of the most popular desktop project management tools available on the market today. While no tool can ensure the success or failure of a project, knowing how to use the tools effectively can make your job easier. Microsoft Project is a full-featured tool with many options available to you as project manager. However its this great flexibility and size of Microsoft Project that can make it dificult to use. Part 1: Discovering MS Project functions MS Project case studies (/project/en ) Part 1