Saturday, May 3, 2008

Basics of Project Management

Erkan Meydanlioglu, or Telco Mr
IT rid of projects are changing our world, with technological developments. The companies are in a competitive race to convert their production lines with the latest technology and creates many IT projects or Telco life. But how HIGHTEC these projects are managed and what problems arise for companies during the development? Most European companies are looking for Senior Project Manager with high qualifications to rent and they are willing to pay high salaries.Project management is the highest level of IT development combined with Business Management skills.If this job requires so much skill, projects and in some cases, better to outsource this work to a professional PM.
If They are an IT professional and want to learn, Project Management, here are some useful advice on how the essentials:
Before start to know that the 2 most important aspects the project management. First, the timing, duration and budget for the project. It is expected that they will deliver on time with low-cost projects. So below are in addition to the main content 2 titles.
Project Documentation: Each level of the projects should also be used for the development documantation team.So you definitely need to work closely with the employer (project owner) to define all project functions and translate into IT Language. Quite simply, if your employer does not bring any project document, which means you have to prepare this sheet and you spent the most time at this level. Of course prepares documents have their own conditions such as the nature and phrases to define point.Project on the legal documents are highly technical information sheets and unlike commercial contracts and can, among other things, diagrams, demos, drufts explain better. Clear, well-defined documents save many possible problems in the life cycle of your project.You must learn about ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) skills, if you have heard. Using ITIL documents standartise the common IT definitions for all persons, which this project. (Detailed ITIL training information, see http://www.itil.co.uk)
Planning: If you have the complete documentation, you have to plan the stages of development with regard to your resources. Effective use of the operational resources (ERP) shows your level of management experience. This work must know that your development team and their qualifications. If you are not familiar to your team, you must use the planning of meetings with development team. You can use the title after their tasks and talk to your team with their duties and ask whether each team member is expected tasks and how much time it takes. This is a hard Enterprice Resource Planning (ERP). A good PM should talk with his team and explain their roles clearly against a misunderstanding. If your interactive planning is completed, you need a project management tool such as MS Project or Prince2. This software is not easy to use, but professional management needs this planning timetable for the project tracking of decision-makers. MS Project is a commercial software from Microsoft and easy to use much to Prince2 (Steuerbare projects in the environment). PRINCE2 in Britain, public sector projects and contains many templates to be filled and the report on top-level manager as a development team. if you want to work in Britain, you better get to know Prince2 certification programs.Last years is a sector in standard British market, learn it.Project management tools will be controlling, tracking lifecyle the project and that is really important Large projects. All levels should be carefully pursued for money not to lose or waste of resources. This makes it possible to repair or modify, if the problem occurs. All project documents and the final plan must be distributed to your team, review together, let them ask their questions and explain what you expect that point.
Calculate risks: It may take some risks, whether in or out Effects, may cause the project lifecyle. A professional PM must watch inside or outside of the environment and the calculation of the possible risks to avoid risk-management skills. Their estimates or potential impact may be unsuccessful primary results, try to Analise possible risks and make as you plan your team
Meet: Developer team before the development starts. In this level, you have to some owners of management skills such as life experience, psychology and business management skills as a task distribution to the members of capabilities. Not to mention that, you need to run their lives before indroduction. After presentation of their skills and experience you have knowledge of the right person at the right task. Try to speak and their willingness to get involved this project. Direct the unmotivated. If you have emotional intelligence, easier to select the right people. Your daily life, marital status, family problems or in the office, the relations impact of their work and cost than you can delay the whole project. Inside relations are the subject of the relationship management and you supposed to have high life experience, if not search for case studies on the Web and Analise, as experienced PMs in human relations problem during their case.
Development: After your project plans are approved by the Decision-makers and got hundred percent consent, walk through the process of development is mainly through their development team.At this stage, you need to be in communication with the team members. Since different parts developed different people, is a mistake effect the entire project and the communication is important fatal. Characters of the team members and the desire to help each other is important in your team. As PM, its your duty to coordinate your team and perhaps even responsible from their relations with each other, so that your team observed carefully and avoid possible disagreements between each other memebers. Make Dailly meeting with their previous work and their results and the next day tasks. Questions whether they have problems and they remember the integration process to create this combination of the pieces of work with explanations. After all the pieces of the project is completed, you must combine as a finished product. I personally never met a combination, without a problem. There will always remember something from one of your team member, always. To cover problem is missing from your team members, this is the reason why I always remind your team must speak to each other as possible, because they can. Once, one of our team-mate, not the server software version and this causes 1 week to solve this problem, stupid. The team still requires me and say I was the best project manager they have seen, they also work for international software projects. Also, development process requires a lot of patience and the ability of the coordination of you.If you forget the golden rule of the development phase is " communication ", aspirin, headaches appear!
Testing: Combine all the pieces of the project and completion of your druft product.Never forget that this is not a finished product to deliver only a druft before exams. Testing phase will always make you crazy and has too long tested professionally. Multi-tests, to become better by your developer team. Each member has to test its own piece on the first, second, say, how to change the pieces and go back to the testing. Sometimes, developers can easily miss points on their own piece and that this is easily found by another team member. Test each project with many pieces combinations.If project is a software to first assume you are a normal level buyers and software, what kinds of problems this software can cause. The second level is when your eyes and assume you are a whitehat hackers and keep your product tested until all your pieces are confirmed for the safety reviews. As a team has its tests, you test your product until you are sure that in each point. Some projects require third party professional tests, but I can assure you that your employer will test your product, how well and you will get condemned, if they& 39;ve found errors in your project. In some cases error can lead to a legal case against Project Manager and sellers company.
Implementation: They are the highest level risky. If your work integrated into an existing system, it will be possible conflicts between operating and modified parts. Or some of the problems seen after new parts to be implemented as unexpected reactions. Implementing a change to the cooperation with existing system solely responsible. He is well aware, its own current system functions and you must cooperate with him. Just new work if running system. It is not a running system, your product will be used, with the environment, that is all.
As you have recognized, project management is a tough job and needs of IT and management skills (6 sigma) syndicates. A high professional PM must work in the project budget and timely manners, no matter whether it is a software or marketing campaign. Of course you have to a specific territory, if your skills in the PM time, each field has hiw own tools and various diciplines, but as the beginning, you should identify the main points of project management. Never delay, never more than your budget. Employers do not like surprises and strong competitors is just a click away. Worst thing is loose people& 39;s trust or disappointing them.Dispite all project management is a prestige job in the society and pays well, do not need to say much travel and meet new people know each other good points.
Resources: Project Management Certification information or books to buy, visit http://www.pmi.org e-learning courses can http://www.butrain.com/
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