Introduction
The chapter will address the following questions:
- What is a a project and why do you need project management?
- What is project management and what are the consequences of mismanagement?
- What is the difference between project and process management?
- How do you develop or modify a work breakdown structure for a project?
- How do you read Gantt charts as a model of project activities, schedules, and progress?
- How do you read PERT charts as a model of project activities, schedules, and progress?
- What is a typical software approach to project modeling and management?
Notes:
Most of you are familiar with Murphy’s Law, which suggests that “if anything can go wrong, it will.” Murphy has motivated numerous pearls of wisdom about projects, machines, people, and why things go wrong. The purpose of this module is to teach you strategies, tools, and techniques for project management.