The Tweet Version By Salvador P. Barragan Its not Microsoft Project - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The “Tweet Version” By Salvador P. Barragan

� It’s not Microsoft Project Management Software!

� Do you have a clear objective (beginning and ending). � Is there a measurable goal or objective that can be met. � Does it require a fast response time and/or unique response. � Does it require measuring several resources to meet the objective. � If yes to all or the majority, than you may have a project.

…“A project is a problem scheduled for solution.” J.M. Juran J.M. Juran

� Keep it simple � Beauty is in simplicity � Complicated systems tend to fail � Remember, a project goal beyond the capability of a system will FAIL.

� For the project goal of course. So start with the end in mind, however that’s easier said than done. Remember, projects do not exist in a vacuum. � Flexibility, pragmatism and a eye to the greater picture are needed at this stage. Questions to ask: ◦ how does this project relate to your department and your whole organizational goals? ◦ how can you leverage and maximize your project to meet those needs? INITIATE 7

INITIATE

� Project Charter � Start up meeting � Project Plan ◦ Work Breakdown Structure ◦ Project Schedule ◦ Budget ◦ Communication, Resource, Change Control, and Risk Plan � Change requests � Meeting Minutes � Lessons Learned INITIATE 9

Planning 10

� Control is about management but if you did not create a flexible system at the planning stage, you will fail regardless. CONTROL 11

CONTROL 12

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The PDSA Cycle by Shewhart 14

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� Cook, Curtis R., Just Enough Project Management (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005). � Covey, Stephen R., The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989). � Deming Edwards W., Out of the Crisis (Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1986). � Deming Edwards W., The New Economics, 2 nd edn, (Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1992). � Lewis James P., Fundamentals of Project Management (New York: AMACOM, 2002). � Simon Herbert A., Administrative Behavior, 4 th edn, (New York: The Free Press, 1997).

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Salvador Barragan Section Chief: Records Management Inter-American Development Bank 1300 New York Ave NW Washington D.C. 20577 salvadorb@iadb.org INITIATE 19