Project management involves clearly defining goals, forming a team, and carefully planning tasks. It has advantages like optimizing resources and motivating staff. Disadvantages can include transition periods and lack of resources. Common methods include Waterfall, which flows sequentially, and Critical Path, which identifies dependent tasks. Six Sigma also focuses on defining needs, measuring processes, analyzing problems, and improving systems.
Project management involves clearly defining goals, forming a team, and carefully planning tasks. It has advantages like optimizing resources and motivating staff. Disadvantages can include transition periods and lack of resources. Common methods include Waterfall, which flows sequentially, and Critical Path, which identifies dependent tasks. Six Sigma also focuses on defining needs, measuring processes, analyzing problems, and improving systems.
Project management involves clearly defining goals, forming a team, and carefully planning tasks. It has advantages like optimizing resources and motivating staff. Disadvantages can include transition periods and lack of resources. Common methods include Waterfall, which flows sequentially, and Critical Path, which identifies dependent tasks. Six Sigma also focuses on defining needs, measuring processes, analyzing problems, and improving systems.
Project management involves clearly defining goals, forming a team, and carefully planning tasks. It has advantages like optimizing resources and motivating staff. Disadvantages can include transition periods and lack of resources. Common methods include Waterfall, which flows sequentially, and Critical Path, which identifies dependent tasks. Six Sigma also focuses on defining needs, measuring processes, analyzing problems, and improving systems.
Project management Advantages of the project management
method Disadvantages of the project management
method Project management methods II.
In business, the goal of a
I. project is often called the
A project is a kind of event or
solution of specific tasks.
process with clearly defined
Accordingly, project
deadlines, the purpose of which is
management is a specific
to create a unique product or get
activity, the purpose of
some innovative results. which is to implement all
the tasks set by the
project. III.
Project management
system
installation and
definition and setting the most clear implementation of
formation of project and understandable communication
requirements goals between the parties
involved in the project
communication with the
team, taking into account
balancing project
their
constraints: in particular
needs/wishes/expectations
budget, resources, risks,
and correction of existing
plans in accordance with
deadlines, quality the received material Stages of project management
Planning Execution and control Initiation Planning is the most
important part in project
Execution and control. This
Initiation (that is, the start of
management. The difficulty stage should be alternated
the project) is a kind of
is that during this stage, all with the previous one. In an
familiarity with the project.
the actions that the team ideal project management
Its essence and goals are
must perform to achieve a system, everything looks like
determined, a team suitable
given goal are carefully this: we set a task, did it,
for it is formed. prescribed. To do this, the
controlled it, made the
project is initially divided
necessary adjustments to the
into parts and a set of small
plan, set the next task, and
tasks. so on. Stages of project management
There are quite a large number of methods for how
Completion of the project project management is carried out. In addition to the classic, which is described above, Agile is used when At this stage, a control check of the work performed is one large project is divided into a lot of mini-projects performed and the initial
data, instructions and
with phased implementation; Scrum — dividing the
regulations involved are project into component parts; Lean — distributing the necessarily saved. This is
necessary so that even a new
project into small work packages; person in the team can Kanban — an option for projects that are not limited by figure out what and how
they did before him. deadlines, because they can be set on pause. a clear definition of priorities of activity unambiguous formulation of expected results and goals the practice of facilitating initiatives into clear structured Advantages of forms of projects or programs the project competent consideration of management possible risks and search for ways method to level them reaching clear criteria for the success of the work optimization of the company's resource costs increase staff motivation Transition period. It may be
delayed due to the management's
ignorance of the basics of Project
Management or due to the sabotage
of middle-level managers who may
lose their influence.
Lack of resources. The dispersion of
Disadvantages of funds between different plans can
negatively affect the main operating
the project activities of the company, especially
management if it is limited in financial
method capabilities. Frames. Without a qualified project
manager, the process may stall. It is
often necessary to involve a
manager with his team from the
outside. Methods of project management The Six Sigma method
The method was developed by Motorola to eliminate shortcomings in work and
products.
Some experts consider "Six Sigma" as a quality control mechanism rather than as a
project management method, since it is focused on data collection and process
improvement. Companies usually use this method to increase efficiency and provide
consumers with homogeneous products.
The method uses 5 technological stages, which together are called DMAIC-S
(define, measure, analyze, improve, synergize)
Methods of project management The Six Sigma method
Define customer needs. Managers can determine the scope and purpose of a project by
identifying and profiling ideal clients and understanding how to serve them
Measure the performance of the process. By creating appropriate metrics to collect
performance data, managers can determine how well the system meets the needs of
consumers
Analyze the common problems. Six Sigma managers study performance issues to identify their root causes and back up their observations with reliable data
Improve the system. Managers design, test and launch new systems to eliminate the root causes of system problems
Synergize/Combine these results across the company
Methods of project management Waterfall method
The Waterfall method is the easiest way to plan a project. Tasks flow down the list in
sequential order, like a waterfall. In this basic system, a team must complete one step
before starting the next.
The Waterfall method is used by more managers than any other method, especially in
the field of construction and software development.
They can easily copy plans from previous projects and apply them to their current
work with virtually no changes. However, teams that need to change their plans as
their projects develop will find this method too restrictive.
Methods of project management Waterfall method
Detailing consumer
requirements
Analysis
Concept, design and planning
Creation of a material product
(construction, code writing, etc.)
Integration into existing
systems
Validation (testing, debugging,
etc.)
Product assembly and
maintenance Methods of project management Critical Path Method
Using this method, managers compose a series of tasks that depend on each other.
These sequential elements form the critical path of the team. For example, after the
workers have laid the foundation and raised the frame of the house, they can perform
a number of independent tasks: plumbing, electrics, carpentry, etc. However, carpet
installers should wait until everyone else has fulfilled their duties and leaves the house
clean and dust-free.
By defining a critical path and focusing on these important tasks, first of all, managers
can avoid annoying obstacles. They can allocate more resources to resolve any issues
that may appear on a critical path and pose a threat of delay.
Important
Despite all the difficulties and novelty, project management is
gaining momentum all over the world. It does not stand still,
develops quickly and constantly corresponds to the situation
