Chapter 1

Introduction to Project management

Dear my brother and sister, a project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result”, and Operations is work done to sustain the business. Some of project attribute are:

— Has a unique purpose
— Is temporary
— Is developed using progressive elaboration
— Requires resources, often from various areas
— Should have a primary customer or sponsor
— The project sponsor usually provides the direction and funding for the project
— Involves uncertainty

Do you know how to create a successful project? The answer is you must meet the "Triple constraint" requirement; Scope, Time and Cost. Meeting this all requirement will make our project become successful.

Some examples of it project are installing PC in Malaysia Cluster School, upgrading wireless network at International Islamic University of Malaysia and eth…

Project management “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements”

There are 9 knowledge areas and can be divided into 2 functions:
1) Core functions (Scope management, time management, cost management and Quality management)
2) Facilitating functions (Human resources management, communication management, risk management and procurement management)

These two activities will be integrated with the Project integration management. All of task will be using their own tools and technique to achieve project success.

Project is “a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually”. A program manager provides leadership and direction for the project managers heading the projects within the program.

A project success can be defined as a project that met scope, time, and cost goals, it must satisfied the customer/sponsor and met its main objective, such as making or saving a certain amount of money, providing a good return on investment, or simply making the sponsors happy.
As for the project manager, there top ten most important skills and competencies for project managers:

1. People skills
2. Leadership
3. Listening
4. Integrity, ethical behavior, consistent
5. Strong at building trust
6. Verbal communication
7. Strong at building teams
8. Conflict resolution, conflict management
9. Critical thinking, problem solving
10. Understands, balances priorities

To be part of project management professions, PMI provides certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP). A PMP has documented sufficient project experience, has agreed to follow a code of ethics, and has passed the PMP exam thus; the number of people earning PMP certification is increasing quickly.