Project Initiation

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We are now  on our Part 2 of Part 6 Series on How to Initiate a Project. Our study includes:

  1. PROJECT INITIATION
  2. WRITING A PROBLEM STATEMENT
  3. DEFINING PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
  4. CHOOSING A STRATEGY
  5. GATHERING REQUIREMENTS
  6. UNDERSTANDING DELIVERABLES AND SUCCESS CRITERIA
  7. IDENTIFY ASSUMPTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING RISKS
  8. CREATING SCOPE STATEMENT
  9. IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS
  10. OBTAINING APPROVAL
  11. WRITING A PROJECT CHARTER

The INITIATING PROCESS is to obtain a commitment to start a project. You want the customer of the Management Team  be able to make  and informed decision whether to move to the planning process without spending a lot of money and your time.  During the initiating process  you identify the problem the project has supposed to solve and you gather more information to define the project.

This presentation is presented in a document known as a project definition or project summary. In many instances, you as a project manager maybe assigned to a project after its been approved.  Continue reading

Best Collaborative Tools

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In a project there’s usually a group of individuals who are working on it. This tools are the usual needs for you to collaborate to others.

There’s a 2 web collaborative tools available to share files with others to keep track on issues and manage work flows  and these are:

  1. Microsoft Project
  2. Oracle Primavera
  3. FastTrack Schedule
  4. OpenProj
  5. @Task

But if you work on a very large project or in an organizations that runs dozens  and hundreds of different projects at the same time then you should consider Enterprise Management Software. Continue reading

Exploring Project Management

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On this Part 1 in part 6 series of Fundamentals in Project Management we will tackle the following:

  1. We will Define what is Project.
  2. We will Define what is Project Management?
  3. Do you have what it takes to be a Project Manager?
  4. What are these Top 5 processes of Project Management?
  5. What are the 2 types of Project Management Approach?
  6. What Project Management Software can we use?

  How to manage your project from beginning to end.

General concept of Project Management:

  1. Defining a Project started by  identifying the Project to solve and how to solve it.
  2. Planning your project
  • Identifying the works need to be done
  • Building a schedule and
  • defining the ground rules for how you run your project

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Work + Home = Balance Time

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Have you ever get lost track on your projects? No time to bond with families and Friends? More time at work than home?  How about planning out to balance your Work and Life?

HOW WILL I BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND PERSONAL TIME?

Balancing between work and life should be creating systems for being more productive. A time where you feel more rested. Let’s assume your work time is between 9am to 6pm after that time you may find your time at home around 7pm upwards. You may separate work time to your personal time.. .  if you decided to work on around 8pm-10pm you should comit to that time. Find ways on how to comit your time so you can balance work and personal time. You may ask these questions to yourself.

 

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Classification and Type of Industry

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For all those people who are planning to build their own business. We must know how to classify what type of Industry our Business belong. But first of all let’s define the word “Industry”.

What do you mean by the word Industry?

Dictionary defines Industry as a commercial production and sale of Goods. A specific branch of manufacture and trade. The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises: government regulation of industry.  A systematic work or labor.  Trade or manufacture  in general.

They also refer it to be the production side of business activity. It is a business activity, which is related to the raising, producing, processing or manufacturing products. The products are consumer’s goods as well as producer’s goods.

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