PJMT 510 Lecture Notes Module 01 v3 PDF

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Lecture Notes PJMT 510: Module 1

Welcome Timeframe: About 10 Minutes

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Announcements Office hours Class overview ○ Introductions ○ Syllabus - course flow, late work policy, and final assessment ○ Case Study Assignment Live Session expectations ○ Live Classroom Sessions are expected and required. The material covered in the Live Sessions is central to the course, and students are expected to draw from Live Session content in course assignments. If students cannot attend one of the Live Sessions, they should let the instructor know why they will be absent and make arrangements to view the recording in full.

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Outline the structure of the session ○ Key concepts ○ Introduction to HealthCare.gov case study

Key Concept 1: Schedule Planning and Development Timeframe: About 20 Minutes

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Why do we plan? ○ What is the purpose of schedule development? ■ Reporting/forecasting ■ Budgeting/tracking ○ What are some of the schedule considerations? ■ Life-cycle approach ■ Resource availability ■ Project dimension ■ Technology support

Trends ■ Iterative (Agile) ■ On-demand Principles/concepts ○

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Why do project managers not complete project schedules? What are some of the implications of not completing a project schedule?

Participation Question Discuss your exposure to project scheduling and its tools. What tools are you familiar with, and which ones have been employed in your work environment, past or present? How helpful are they?

Supporting Materials

(Image source: https://www.projectcubicle.com/project-scheduling-steps/ )

Key Concept 2: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Timeframe: About 20 Minutes

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Definition ○ What exactly is a work breakdown structure? ○ Many project managers cannot tell you the definition and will confuse this with a schedule or project plan. Concepts ○ Nouns/adjectives = WBS ○ Verbs = task list/activity list ○ 100% rule Creation methods ○ Top-down ○ Bottom-up ○ WBS standards ○ WBS templates Importance ○ How does the WBS fit in with the rest of the project plan? ○ Where does it make the most impact on the project?

Student Discussion ●

How do we turn the WBS into an activities list?

Supporting Materials

(Image source: PMI, 2006, Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure [2nd ed.], p. 8)

(Image source: PMI, 2006, Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure [2nd ed.], p. 29)

Key Concept 3: Building a Proper Schedule from a WBS Timeframe: About 20 Minutes

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Going from WBS to project schedule ○ So you have a WBS. Now what? ○ How do you move from a hierarchical format to something on which you can track the progress of your project? Decomposition ○ The act of breaking something down into smaller, more manageable tasks When enough is enough ○

How do you know when to stop? Experience!

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When to keep decomposing and when to stop …

Student Discussion ●

Let’s break into groups and, taking the bicycle example from Concept 2, build a list of activities for WBS and turn it into a schedule.

Key Concept 4: HealthCare.gov Case Study Timeframe: About 15 Minutes

Content Covered ● Overview of the HealthCare.gov case study and its use in this class ○ Touchpoints: ■ Case Study Episodes 1, 2, and 3 ■ Discussion boards ■ Live sessions ■ Final assessment ● Course reading: Office of Inspector General’s report

Student Discussion ● What do you know about HealthCare.gov?

Wrap-Up Timeframe: About 10-15 Minutes

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Questions on Module 1 reading and assignments Future assignments and HealthCare.gov case study Contact information (for follow-up questions)

Microsoft Project Workshops Microsoft_Project_Workshop_1of4 https://vimeo.com/567228726/fc96c49da3 Microsoft_Project_Workshop_2of4 https://vimeo.com/567231872/b29b1cdd89 Microsoft_Project_Workshop_3of4 https://vimeo.com/567237558/2574fce221...