CSSE 372 08.September.2008 Principles of Project Management Chapter 2, pages 33-44 This discussion goes with Week 1 Day 1 Quiz.

CSSE 37208.September.2008

Principles of Project ManagementChapter 2, pages 33-44

This discussion goes with Week 1 Day 1 Quiz

OutlineDefinitionTPM LifecycleProfessional organizations

Definition of Project managementA method and set of techniques based on the

accepted principles of management used for planning, estimating, and controlling work activities to reach a desired end result on time – within budget and according to specifications.

Standard functions of any manager…Planning Organizing resourcesLeadingControlling or coordinating

Which of those activities do these Project Managers do themselves?

Shanice

Cody

If you haven’t read about Shanice and Cody, take a look on like Slide 3 of the previous set or read the Notes area.

TPM life cycle

CotD

Professional organizationsCMM®

SWEBOK CSDP/APMBOK ®

PMIOPM3 ®

CMM ®

Capability Maturity Model ®

Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/

Source: “Software Engineering Process Group – FY03 ASCAC Representation”, Andrea O. Salas, Joanne L. Walsh, James C. Townsend, Multidisciplinary Optimization Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, September 2003

SWEBOK – What is it?SoftWare Engineering Body of Knowledgehttp://www.swebok.org/

Here’s SWEBOK’s “big picture” of software engineering management:

Where would Project Managers do the work?

CSDP/ACertified Software Development

Professional/AssociateBased on SWEBOKTaking the CSDA ( see Steve or Will Mathies of

RHV.IEEE information:

http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/education/certification/

PMIProject Management Institute(1969 - Atlanta)Certify PM Professionals

CAPM ®

PMP ®

PgMP ®

PMBOK ®

Project Management Body of KnowledgeWhite paper 19873rd Edition released 31.Oct.2004IEEE recognized

(http://standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/std_public/description/se/1490-2003_desc.html - need a subscription to get it!)

Also endorsed by PMI See following slides.

An example of the PMBOK topics…2. Scope Management

What does "done" look like? What are the units of measure of "done?" How are changes to "done" managed? Who gets to say we're "done?" How much does done cost? How long will it take to

"done?"

Discussion: Describe a project you’ve been on where “done” was impossible to define.

From http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/a-simple-way-to-put-pmbok-to-work.html.

PMI has their own process improvement model: OPM3 ®

Organizational Project Management Maturity Model

http://opm3online.pmi.org/ Assessing organizational maturity

KnowledgeAssessmentImprovement

Questions?