PROJECT VS PROJECT MANAGEMENT & 9 KNOWLEDGES AREAS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

BEZA ANTARA PROJECT DAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT???? & 9 KNOWLEDGE AREAS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Sebelum itu kita mestilah mengenalpasti maksud antara kedua-dua istilah ini. ia nampak sama tetapi mempunyai maksud dan huraian yang berbeza. Perbezaan itu dapat dilihat dengan kriteria yang ada pada istilah tersebut.

Kriteria yang perlu ada apabila kita memanggil sesuatu itu `project’ adalah:

• 1)      Temporary (sementara)- disini membawa maksud apabila ia mengatakan sesuatu itu adalah projek, ia mestilah mempunyai masa  atau tempoh yang menyatakan ia bermula dan bila ia berakhir.

• 2)      Unique (unik @ istimewa)- dimana hasil yang dapat dari projek tersebut  samada servis,produk ataupun keputusan, ia adalah unik yang bukan di amalkan dalam seharian ataupun sepanjang hidup.   

• 3)      Progressive elaboration- pembangunan @ projek  yang dibuat  dalam berperingkat. Ini bermakna perlunya ada peringkat permulaan, pertengahan, dan peringkat akhir.

 

Project attributes:

• 1)      Temporary

• 2)      Unique

• 3)      Developing of project by progressive elaboration.

• 4)      Requires resources

• 5)      Have a primary customer or sponsor where they will guide and give direction and funding of the project.

Project management dimaksudkan pula:

-        -  Aplikasi pengetahuan, teknik, skill, alatan untuk digunakan dalam sesuatu aktiviti projek.

-         - Aktiviti projek  merangkumi proses initiation(inisiasi), planning (perancangan), executing (melaksanakan),       monitoring (kawalan),closing(penutupan).

The advantanges of project management is:

• 1)      Better control the financial, physical and human resources.

• 2)      Can improved the customer relations

• 3)      Lower cost

• 4)      Higher profits margins

• 5)      Better internal coordination

• 6)      Can be improve the productivity

• 7)      Higher morale workers

• 8)      Shorter development times

What is a triple constrain?

-          Can be differ by ways:

1)      Scope- what work will be done?

2)      Time- how long the project will be complete?

3)      Cost – how much cost need for one project?

-all constrain must be defined first before the project are started.

FRAME WORK OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

9 KNOWLEDGE AREAS ARE APPLIED IN THIS FRAME WORK:

1)      PROJECT INTERGRATION- is an element of project management that coordinates all aspects of a project.

2)      SCOPE MANAGEMENT- how the project scope will be define, managed, controlled, verified and    communicated to the project team and stakeholders/customers. It also includes all work required to complete the project.

 

3)      TIME MANAGEMENT-refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals.

4)      QUALITY MANAGEMENT-can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement and focused not only on product/service quality, but also the means to achieve it.

5)      COST MANAGEMENT-one of the fundamental and yet most challenging tasks for a project manager.

6)      RISK MANAGEMENT- identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.

7)      HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT-the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.

8)      PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT- the acquisition of appropriate goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location.

9)      COMMUNICATON MANAGEMENT-the systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication within an organization, and between organizations; it also includes the organization and dissemination of new communication directives connected with an organization, network, or communications technology.

IN THE 9 KNOWLEDGE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WE CAN DESCRIBE THE KEY COMPETENCIES THAT PROJECT MANAGERS MUST BE DEVELOPING:

 FOUR CORE KNOWLEDGE INCLUDES ARE:

• -          SCOPE

• -          TIME

• -          COST

• -          QUALITY

2)      FOUR FACILITING KNOWLEDGE INCLUDES ARE:

• -          RISK

• -          COMMUNICATION

• -          HUMAN RESOURCES

• -          PROCUREMENT

3)      THE KNOWLEDGE IS AFFECTS BY ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IS PROJECT INTERGRATION.