14. Systems-Based Project Management

Lecture



14.1. Project as a type of activity. Features of a project as a type of activity. Definition of a project. Essential elements of a project. Objects of project development.
14.2. Project management. Components of project management: goal, constraint, object of management, subject of management. The constraint triangle in project management. Main components of the design management process. Organization of IS design. Organizational forms of project management.
14.3. Calculating the parameters of a network model. Methods of planning and managing projects and resources. Network planning and management system. Steps of project planning. Graphical tools for project planning and management. Calculating the parameters and optimizing the project network model. Choosing a project management system. Using the MS Project software product to implement a project.
14.4. The modern market for software projects. The modern project market. Systems integrators. Project integrators. The concept of outsourcing.

Self-diagnostic review questions.


1. Define the concept of "project".
2. What is project management? What is its specificity?
3. Characterize the components of project management.
4. What processes are distinguished in design management?
5. What is the content of planning processes?
6. What do the processes of execution and control, and analysis of operational project management consist of?
7. What tools for planning and managing projects exist?
8. What characteristics describe a project's network model?
9. How are the parameters of a project network model calculated and optimized?
10. What tools are used for project management?
11. What parties participate in design? Characterize them.
12. Who are systems integrators, and what types of systems integrators do you know?
13. How is outsourcing manifested in the project market?
14. Characterize project integration.

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