University of Tampa

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Project ManagementAs a Profession and Career

• University of Tampa
• November 13, 2008
• Presented by Tampa Bay PMI

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AGENDA

• Defining Applying Project Management
• What Is a Project Manager?
• What Are the Roles of the PM?
• Project Management as a Profession Career
• Project Management Lifecycle
• The Project Management Office (PMO)
• Benefits of a PMO
• The Project Management Institute (PMI)
• PMI Membership Benefits
• PMI Certifications
• The Tampa Bay PMI Chapter
• TBPMI Membership Benefits

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Defining Project Management

• "Project management is the discipline of
  organizing and managing resources in a way that
  the project is completed within defined scope,
  quality, time and cost constraints a temporary
  and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a
  unique product or service, which brings about
  beneficial change or added value. (Wikipedia)
• The PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge)
  simply states that a project is "a temporary
  endeavor undertaken to accomplish a unique
  product or service"

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Application of Project Management

• the ultimate purpose of project management
• to unify and integrate the interests, resources
  and work efforts of many stakeholders,
• as well as schedules, budgets, and plans,
• to accomplish the overall project goal
• the concepts and techniques of practical
  application include
• proposals and project initiation
• scope and task definition, project organization,
  scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, project
  control, and
• The all-important "people" aspects project
  leadership, team building, conflict resolution,
  and stress management

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What Is A Project Manager?

• individual assigned to manage the project and
  ensure the project objectives are achieved
• applies the PM knowledge, skills, tools,
  techniques to project activities, and strives to
  maintain the progress while seeking to reduce the
  probability and/or impact of risks to an
  acceptable threshold
• may or may not participate directly in activities
  that produce the end result

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What Are the Roles of the PM?

• acts as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for
  the project
• leads and directs the project planning and
  execution efforts
• oversees deliverables and manages expectations
• manages issues, risks, scope, budget, schedule,
  and communications
• follows the PM methodology, including creation
  and management of project management deliverables

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Project Management as a Profession

• project management is a profession in its own
  right with many tools, techniques, and practices
• today everyone in business needs some
  understanding of how to manage projects more
  effectively, because so much of business life
  involves project work
• many small to medium-sized projects are handled
  day-to-day by competent business people
• Examples hosting an event, starting a new
  business group, running a marketing campaign, or
  planning a product launch

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Project Management as a Career

• in the corporate world today there is a
  continuing need for dynamic employees and
  managers who can tackle assignments that involve
  planning, thinking, and organizing in an
  environment that has time, cost and resource
  constraints
• project management is being viewed more
  strategically within organizations it is no
  longer seen as just an operational activity
• the trend is showing that it's morphing into a
  C-level management role it has to be as
  organizations implement their strategies through
  projects

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Project Management Lifecycle
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The Project Management Office

• As projects impact the success of the enterprise,
  organizations have acknowledged project
  management as a distinct and valuable discipline
• Many are recognizing the importance of
  implementing project management under the same
  structures and centralization that has become the
  paradigm for most other disciplines
• This has become the basis for providing
  structured leadership through the Project
  Management Office (PMO) function

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Benefits of a PMO

• A PMO typically address the following needs
• it creates a cadre of people skilled in the art
  and science of project management
• members view their job totally as project
  management, eliminating the conflict with other
  responsibilities they reside outside of the
  technical functions, removing home territory
  biases
• measurements (and rewards) are developed more
  along the lines of critical project success
  factors
• becomes a repository for project experience,
  models, and standards to be shared with all
  project leaders
• maintains the awareness of the big picture,
  with visibility to all projects and able to
  monitor trends and global problems/issues
• better position to provide information and
  reports to senior management, and to make
  recommendations to resolve conflicts and problems

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PMO Example
Governance Board
Senior Management
Information
Information
Direction (IT Strategy)
Direction (IT Governance)
Vendors
PMO
Program Managers
Feedback
Feedback
Performance Data
Mentoring
Performance Data
Direction
Support
Allows core groups to focus on core functions
Execution Control
Non biased binding source of information
decision making
Support Functions
Legal
Admin
Finance
Request
HR
Training
Vendor Mgmt
Purchase
PMO Leader
Strategic Roadmap (Project Arch.)
Project Portfolio
Tools/Standards
Project Delivery
Resource Portfolio
Process / Methodologies
Scorecards / Dashboards
Technology / Digitization
Knowledge Management
Custom Function(s)
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The Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org

• With more than 265,000 members in over 170
  countries, PMI is the leading membership
  association for the project management profession
• Dedicated to advocating for membership and
  broader project management community through
• Certification
• Research and providing information and
  resources
• Career and professional development
• Professional standards
• Network and community involvement opportunities
• For 37 years, PMI has advanced the careers of
  practitioners who make project management
  indispensable for business results

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PMI Membership Benefits

• Communities
• Chartered chapters
• Specific Interest Groups
• Online communities
• Leadership Institute
• Train skilled, experienced and knowledgeable
  leaders
• Competency-based, curriculum-driven
  experiential learning environment
• Colleges
• Non-regional community of professionals with
  formal approach to knowledge areas in PMBOKGuide
  -Third Edition
• Publications
• PM Network,monthly professional magazine
• PMI Today, monthly newsletter
• PMIs Career Track, career-focused quarterly
• PMI Leadership in Project Management Annual
  about leadership skills
• Project Management Journal, academic and
  research quarterly
• Library for the project management profession
• - James R. Snyder Center for Knowledge Wisdom

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PMI Certifications

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• candidates for the CAPM credential contribute to
  projects as subject matter experts and team
  members
• they may also serve as project sponsors,
  facilitators, liaisons or coordinators
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• recognizes demonstrated knowledge and skill in
  leading and directing project teams and in
  delivering project results within the constraints
  of schedule, budget and resources
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• recognizes demonstrated experience, skill and
  performance in oversight of multiple, related
  projects that are aligned with an organizational
  strategy

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PMI Certifications

• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)SM
• recognizes demonstrated knowledge and advanced
  expertise in the specialized area of developing
  and maintaining the project schedule
• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)SM
• recognizes demonstrated knowledge and expertise
  in the specialized area of assessing and
  identifying project risks while mitigating
  threats and capitalizing on opportunities

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Tampa Bay PMI Chapter
The Project Management Institute of Tampa Bay
(PMITB) is a nonprofit professional organization
dedicated to advancing the state-of-art practices
in project management. With over 1,200 members,
PMITB ranks as the 32nd largest chapter in United
States and the 49th largest out of 251 globally!
PMITB Vision Statement PMITB will be
the leading authority for the influence and
advancement of the project management profession
in the greater Tampa Bay area.
www.pmi-tampabay.org
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PMI Membership Benefits

• Events
• Monthly Membership Meetings with excellent
  speakers timely topics in project management
• Corporate Road shows (Corporate Outreach)
• Annual Symposium (Sept)
• Networking Events
• Round Table Sessions
• Certification Professional Development
• PMP Prep Class twice a year for PMP
  certification
• Many opportunities to earn Professional
  Development Units (PDUs) for recertification
• 1st PgMP Prep Class has been presented
• Professional Resource Library
• Job Opportunities
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Special Programs
• Community Outreach
• Educational Outreach

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