Project Management
A one-time set of activities to accomplish a particular purpose with a clear starting point and deadline
What is a project?
What is the project sponsor?
Arranging tasks in their proper order
What is sequencing?
The multidisciplinary ad hoc group of people who actually carry out the project
Contributions made in goods and services rather than cash
What are in-kind contributions?
The extent of the project
What is scope?
The person responsible for leading the project from its early stages to completion
What is the project manager?
Anyone with any kind of interest in a project or who is affected by the project or its outcome
What is a stakeholder?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
One of the project manager's most important responsibilities?
What is run the planning meeting?
They will help you identify elements of previous projects that can inform your time estimates for the current project
What are continuity books, copies of last year's calendars & checklists, and "lessons learned" reports?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The tendency of projects to expand if they are not carefully monitored
What is scope creep?
The document containing a clear statement of the project's vision or mission, its scope, and its objectives
What is the project charter?
To go up the chain of command to solve the problem
What is escalate?
Prepared for the meeting, listing the names of the attendees, vision, mission, scope and objectives of the project
What is the agenda?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This plan ensures that everyone who needs to know is told about changes and the project's progress, including any problems you run into
What is a communication plan?
Something that can be produced or delivered as the result of a process such as project managment
What is a deliverable?
The initiation phase of a project often starts with this
What is research? (or an assessment)
The champion of the project, using internal political skill
What is the Project Sponsor?
The rationale for the project, framed in relation to the activities of the organization as a whole
What is the business need?
Reports that advise stakeholders how the project is going and whether it is keeping to the schedule
What are status reports?
The process of completing a project, with all its activities, on time, on budget, and to the agreed-upon specifications
What is project management?
The main work of the initiation phase of a project is to develop this for the project being considered
What is a high-level plan?
Three more important things that need to be on the agenda (other than vision, mission, scope & objectives)
What are assumptions, risks, and constraints of the project?
An alternative plan or Plan B in case your original plan doesn't work
What is a risk management plan?