Title: Class Outline 4
Course: KVCC BUS208 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Project Governance

a.      An overview of all project management activities

b.      A big picture of how organizational resource are being used

c.      An assessment of the risk their portfolio of projects represents

d.      A rough metric for measuring the improvement of managing projects relative to other in the industry

e.      Linkages of senior management with actual project execution management

2.      Alignment of projects with organizational strategy

3.      A socio-technical approach

a.      Technical - the science

b.      Sociocultural - the art

4.      A day in the life example

Chapter 2

1.      Organization Strategy Introduction

2.      Why project managers need to understand strategy

a.      Quote page 26

b.      Make appropriate permissions

c.      Become effective project advocates

3.      Strategic management process

a.      Questions asked

a.      What we are

b.      What we intend to be

c.      How are we going to get there?

b.      Dimensions

a.      Respond to changes in external environment

b.      Allocate scarce resources

c.      Enhance competitive position of the firm

c.      Formulating vs Implementation

d.      Components

a.      Mission - gives purpose

b.      Goals - targets for mission

c.      Objectives - targets for goals

d.      Strategy - actions and task leading to implementation

e.      Implementation

Attached Files: | - KVCC BUS208_ProjectMgmt_Outline 4.pdf