Project Management is the combined art and science of planning, organising and managing resources to get a particular project done on time, within budget, and with the results that the organisation set out to achieve.
In the past few decades, organisations have discovered something incredible: the principles that have been used to create enormous successes in large projects can also be applied to projects of any size to emulate similar success.
This module will ensure you are able to undertake a simple project yourself, or play a significant role in a large or more complex project.
Project Management is the combined art and science of planning, organising and managing resources to get a particular project done on time, within budget, and with the results that the organisation set out to achieve.
In the past few decades, organisations have discovered something incredible: the principles that have been used to create enormous successes in large projects can also be applied to projects of any size to emulate similar success.
This module will ensure you are able to undertake a simple project yourself, or play a significant role in a large or more complex project.
So, what is the Triple Constraint? It’s a model of the constraints inherent in managing a project. Those constraints are threefold:
Cost: The financial constraints of a project, also known as the project budget
Scope: The tasks required to fulfill the project’s goals
Time: The schedule for the project to reach completion
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Topic Outcomes
By the end of this topic
you will be able to:
Define what
makes a project
Identify stages/life cycle of a project
Plan for a
project
Execute a
project
Monitor &
report on a project
Close a
project
Alignment with the PSC Framework
Project Management
Prepare clear project proposals and define scope and goals in measurable terms (adept)
Establish performance outcomes and measures for key project goals, and define monitoring, reporting and communication requirements (adept)
Prepare accurate documentation to support cost or resource estimates (intermediate)
Monitor the completion of project milestones against goals and initiate amendments where necessary (adept)
Evaluate progress and identify improvements to inform future projects (adept)
Relevant job interview questions
Describe the biggest project you have had to manage in your department from beginning to end. How did you coordinate activities and monitor the progress? What was the outcome?
What barriers or challenges have you run into on a project? What did you do about them? What was the outcome?
Occasionally we miss a due date on a project. Tell me about a time when this happened for you or your team. What were the consequences?
Tell me about a project that you managed that did not go well. What happened? What have you learned from that experience?
Tell me about a team project that you have been involved in where you had to take the lead of the project? What did you do? What was the result?
Describe the tactics or techniques you have used to encourage communication and collaboration on a team project? What was the result?
Using a specific example of a project you have led, tell me about how you kept various stakeholders informed of the progress. What was the result?