Project Planning and Management Fundamentals

Project Planning and Management Fundamentals 

Lecture Structure

• Planning a project 
• Lifecycle of a project 
• Decision making – BPM, BPEO, BAT, BATNEEC, MADA etc. 
• Stakeholder engagement

Key early messages 

• Invest time and effort in the planning stages of a project. 
• Data and information will already exist. Collate it, quality assures it, database it and be able to visualize it. 
• Understand your objectives. 
• Don’t make the situation worse. 
• Apply the waste management hierarchy. 
• Identify your stakeholders and engage with them

Download also:

• The Project Planning Stage
• Introduction to projects scheduling
• Project Planning and Scheduling Basics
• Managing Your Project: Planning & Time
• Introduction to Project Planning and Development
• The Importance of Planning in Project Management

How to view a project 

A project is like a journey:

• If you don’t know your destination you have a problem. 
• There may be various routes to take to get to your destination. 
• There may be various ways of traveling along those routes. 
• You will collate and assess information in order to make your decision. 
• You may have constraints, i.e. time, cost. 
• You need to make the decision itself. 
• You may need to share the decision you have made with others.
• Once you have chosen your route you may need a backup plan.
• All of these considerations go into the planning of a project.
• A good example is how you planned your journey to Chicago.

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