REM 500 Chapter Duffy: REM500: Duffy Textbook Notes
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Project management set of interrelated activities, usually involving a group of people working together on one-time task. Life cycle: planning, build-up, implementation, phase-out, planning. Develop overall plan: set schedule, develop budget. Scheduling tools (pert, cpm, gantt: implementation. Stakeholder anyone who has vested interest in the outcome of the project. Aspects to consider: assigned: developing estimates, assigning personnel to tasks, tracking progress and. Quality standard and how to measure and satisfy. Organization project roles, assignments and relationships; right people. Communication information each stakeholder needs and how to deliver. Risk likely to affect the project and evaluate possible responses. Defining activities work breakdown structure (wbs: each task is subdivided typically 3 6 levels. Scheduling a project showing the scope of project work: no project should have more than 20 levels, break down further if it is longer. Pert charts show: (flow: when every task should begin, how much time each task should take, all tasks in progress at a time, all dependencies.