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Project Management can be thought as an approach to describe management and problem solving. It includes three parts: 1. System philosophy - a model of thinking about things as systems, 2. System analysis - a problem solving approach, and 3. System management - addressing issues before making changes to systems. To select if to undertake a project or not, project managers must take into consideration the three sphere model which includes analyzing: business, organization and technology (as shown in the picture). Business is concerned with questions like; what will the project cost to the company? What impact it will have? What is going to be the support cost and so on. The organization sphere concerns about: Who will be affected by the project? Who will train the staff and so on. And lastly, the technology sphere is concerned about the issues like: What devices will be used? What operating system? How the system will be accessed and other questions similar to these. 2.1 UNDERSTANDIN 10. Project Communications Management
We talked about human resource management on the last part. Of course that if we want to have a good relationship among employees and managers, the most important thing is to have good communication. And so, we come to the other knowledge area that is; Project Communications Management. Strong verbal skills are a key factor in career advancement for IT professionals. Project communication management includes the following processes; Communications Planning: Communications planning means determining the information and communications needs of the stakeholders. Every project should include some type of communications management plan. Communication management plan is a document that guides project communications. A very important document in this process is a stakeholder analysis. it describes the characteristics of the stakeholders which helps project managers on how to deal with them. An example for a stakeholder analysis for project communications is shown in the picture for further 11. Project Risk Management
Do project managers understand what risk is and the importance of good project risk management? Risk management is often overlooked in projects, but it can help improve project success by helping select good projects, determining project scope, and developing realistic estimates. There exists mainly two types of risks. Positive and negative risks. Negative risk involves understanding potential problems that might occur in the project and how they might impede project success. Negative risk management is like a form of insurance; it is an investment. Beside this, positive risks are risks that result in good things happening; sometimes called opportunities. Project Risk Management Processes : 1 - Risk Management Planning: deciding how to approach and plan the risk management activities for the project. The main output of risk management planning is a risk management plan —a plan that documents the procedures for managing risk throughout a project.The project team should review project |