Download Project Management

Managing the Information
System Project
Dr. Dania Bilal
IS 582
Spring 2006
Overview
Project management occurs
throughout the SDLC
Activities
– Project initiation
– Project planning
– Project execution
– Project closedown
Skills of a Project Manager
Leadership
Management
Customer relations
Problem solving
Conflict management
Team management
Risk and change management
Project Initiation
Establish project team
Establish relationship with
customer (user, in our case)
Establish project initiation plan
Establish management procedures
Establish project environment and
workbook
Planning the Project
Describe project scope, alternatives,
and feasibility
Divide project into tasks and
represent them in a Gantt chart
Establish resources and create a
resource plan
Planning the Project
Develop a preliminary schedule
Develop a communication plan
Define project standards and
procedures
Planning the Project
Identify and assess risks
Create a preliminary budget
Develop a statement of work
Set a baseline project plan
Execute the Project
Put the baseline plan into action
Monitor project progress against
plan
Manage changes to plan
Maintain project workbook
Communicate project status
Project Close Down
Close down the project
Post review project with
management and customer
Attend to problems
Close customer contract upon
customer satisfaction
Project Time Projection
Project schedule includes time
duration for each task within the
structure of all tasks
Calculation of expected time can be
feasible by using PERT technique
PERT Technique
Program Evaluation Review
Technique
Help obtain time estimate for
completing a task
Three variables used in PERT
PERT Formula
Optimistic time (o)
Realistic time (r)
Pessimistic time (p)
PERT Formula
o + 4r + p
ET=
6
(Since expected time should be closer to the realistic time, it is four
times more than the optimistic and pessimistic time)
See Valacich, chapter 2, p. 57.
Class Activity
 Use PERT formula to estimate the
expected time (ET) for converting
a collection of 5,000 records into
MARC based on these criteria:
1. By doing recon in-house
2. By outsourcing recon