Title: Class Outline 2
Course: KVCC BUS208 > Section: Class Outlines

1.      Assignment 1

2.      Functional Management

3.      Project management introduction

a.      Good timing

b.      Critical

c.      Transferable

4.      What is a project

a.      Definition - a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

b.      Major characteristics

i.           An established objective

ii.           A defined life span with a beginning and an end

iii.           Usually, the involvement of several departments and professionals

iv.           Typically, doing something that has never been done before

v.           Specific time cost and performance requirements

1.      Accomplishment

2.      Cost

3.      Time spent

c.      What a project is not

d.      Program vs Project

i.           Program Manager

e.      The project life cycle

i.           Typical Stages

1.      Defining Stage

2.      Planning Stage

3.      Executing Stage

4.      Closing Stage

5.      The Project Manager

a.      Vs Functional Mangers

b.      What a manager does

6.      Being part of a project team

7.      Current Drivers of Project Management

a.      Compression of the product life cycle

b.      Knowledge explosion

c.      Triple Bottom Line (Planet, People, Profit)

d.      Corporate Downsizing

e.      Increased Customer Focus

f.       Small Projects Represent Big Problems

8.      Project Governance

a.      And 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

9.      Alignment of projects with organizational strategy10.  A socio-technical approach

Attached Files: | - KVCC BUS208_ProjectMgmt_Outline 2.pdf