Project Management part 2
Today's lecture was an extension of the previous project management lecture. In the project management part 1 lecture we discussed
- what is a project?
- what is project management?
- Four Phases of Project Management
- Defining Goals
- Project Management Triangle
- How to manage a Project?.
The lecturer carried out the lecture further after discussing the above areas. Today he explained us the importance of breaking down the project into tasks and allocating time and resources to each task.
The project plan should consist of the following
- How the project is going to be carried out
- The deliverable of the project
- The duration of each sub-stage\stage
- Scheduling (Gannt chart, PERT charts and Critical path analysis)
- Tools and techniques
- Change the calendar to reflect time you work on your project.
To allocate time resources to each of the tasks we need to do proper scheduling through a Gannt chart or a PERT Chart. He gave us an activity to do in class. He gave an scenario and asked us to prepare a PERT chart and find out the Critical path, Earliest Starting Time and Latest Finishing time.
After finding the answers to the above he explained that Critical path is the all nodes with 0 slack. Meaning these activities cannot be delayed at any cost. However non critical activities can be slacked or be delayed if necessary.
Next he explained what can be expected from a Project Manager or a Project Supervisor
- Regular Meetings with the Lecturer
- Advice about planing your project
- Advice about the Research Area and resources to find information
However he also explained that students should not expect the supervisor to work for them.
Reflection of the lecture
Today's lecture was a extend of the previous lecture which we did on Project management. Comparing with the previous lecture in the second lecture there wasn't much areas to cover however from the areas we covered today i got a very thorough knowledge about what should be expected from a Project Supervisor in our Final year. This was very important as students make a negative relationship with the supervisors at the start of the project by not knowing what they should be expecting from the supervisor. It is very important that all students should build a positive relationship with the Project Supervisors and not give them a bad impression. Another important area i refreshed from today's lecture was PERT Chart which is used for scheduling. When relating my idea to the previous lecture of Time Management the important lesson i learned was not to waste time and be more Organized. PERT chart is ideal for Project Scheduling and it will help to manage the time in a better way. After preparing the PERT chart i got to know that the Critical Activities should not be delayed at any cost which is very important. However another important area i learned today is to manage the project plan. It is a very vital factor in project management. Overall the lecture gave us wide knowledge about Project management and i hope to implement these techniques i learned in my Final year projects.
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