Comprehensive Models for Project Management: Understanding Key Processes and Frameworks
This paper explores various models of project management, highlighting their integral components and processes. It discusses the evolution of project management models, such as the PMBOK and Kerzner’s Cost/Time/Performance Triangle, emphasizing the importance of managing time, cost, scope, and quality. The paper also describes the 5 process groups outlined in PMBOK: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing. Additionally, it delves into the strategic and operational levels of project management processes and includes Lewis’s problem-solving model as an example, providing insights into effective project management methodologies.
Comprehensive Models for Project Management: Understanding Key Processes and Frameworks
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT 641 PAPER 3 MODELS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Model can answer: WHAT IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT MODELS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
MODELS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT PM “has yet to define an accepted, comprehensive model that effectively describes the processes a project must go through in order to transition an idea from concept to a finished product” (Adams & Caldentey, 1998).
MODELS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENTWhat’s a Model ? • Simplification of reality , to explain & emphasise main characteristics of that reality • Highlights most important attributes of real situation, to provide overall explanation of what occurs in actual situation • In this case, situation to be examined is process of PM
KERZNER Cost/Time/ Performance Triangle • Traditional Model - managing time, cost, quality. • use resources effectively & efficiently. • maintain good customer relations • Shortfalls in this model: • No distinction between scope and quality. • No interdependencies shown • integration not represented. • Risk? Procurement? People?
US PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE - PMBOK • Aim - encompass knowledge accepted as being useful to practitioners • 10 PMBOKs + 5 developing. 2 worth mentioning: • UKAPM - self-assessment checklist for key PM competencies for certification • AIPM competency standards for development and evaluation of PMs in Australia • PMI PMBOK goes beyond BOK to present a model of the project management process.
The PMI PMBOK Model PMBOK model consists of: • 9 PM processes organised into • 5 PM process-groups: • Process = series of actions bringing a result
The PMI PMBOK Model9 Project Management Processes • Integration elements coordinated. • Scopeproject includes all work required • Timetimely performance of the project • Cost project within approved budget • Quality project satisfies intended needs • Human Resourceeffective use of people • Communicationmanagement of information. • Procurement acquire goods & services • Risk manage risks
PMBOK - 9 PM PROCESSES 9 PM processes can be categorised into : • Core processes • Must be done & “have clear dependencies that require them to be performed in essentially the same order on most projects”. • Integration, Scope, Time and Cost. • Facilitating processes • more dependent on nature of project • performed intermittently and as needed • Quality, Risk, HR, Communications , Procurement
5 PROCESS-GROUPS 9 PM processes organised into 5 groups • INITIATING - Recognise new project/phase exists, should begin & commit to do so. • PLANNING- Devise plan to accomplish project’s purpose • EXECUTING- Coordinate resources to carry out the plan • CONTROLLING- Measure progress & take corrective • CLOSING- Formalise acceptance of project & bring to an orderly end
Group Characteristics output 1 = input to another iterative links between P, E, C for feedback. Groups are not discrete but tend to overlap PMBOK Model5 PROCESS-GROUPS
The PMI PMBOK Model5 PROCESS-GROUPS 5 Process- Groups Project / Phases
TURNER PM has three dimensions • 5 project objectives • management processes to achieve objectives • 3 levels at which the processes are applied
TURNER5 Project Objectives • scope, organisation, quality, cost and time. • PM = define scope, derive organisation, state quality , estimate costs and time. • Scope & organisation mandatory: • no scope, no project • no organisation, no implementation • Whilst Q, T, C can be traded
TURNERManagement Processes • Management processes needed to achieve PM objectives. • Management processes expressed in terms of a 4-stage PM life cycle. • Life cycle shows management processes to manage 5 objectives in each phase
TURNER3 Levels - Each objective is managed at 3 levels • Level 1 - Integrative level. • Purpose & end product defined. • Basic cost, time & specifications defined • Any risks and assumptions stated. • Level 2 - Strategic or Administrative level • Plan management strategy e.g., milestones; responsibilities for organisational units & disciplines • Level 3 - Tactical or Operational level • Activities for each milestone defined, with responsibilities allocated
LEWIS – Problem-Solving Model • Model = 16 -step problem-solving flowchart 1-8 = planning ; 9-16 = control process: • 1-5. Idea initiated. Alternatives - 1 selected. • 6-8. Plan developed with stakeholders • 9. Plan is executed. • 10-14. Execution controlled. Feedback may alter plan • 15-16. Project is closed out and reviewed
MODELS - Key themes • PROJECT OBJECTIVES – PM manages • TIME, COST, SCOPE and QUALITY. • Supported by risk, procurement., etc.
MODELS - Key themes • MANAGEMENT PROCESSES- Objectives managed by processes expressed either as • Classical- plan, organise, implement/lead , control • Problem-SolvingCycle - views project as problem & applies problem-solving sequence • Life Cycle - This acknowledges project life cycle e.g., concept, develop, implement, terminate.
MODELS - Key themes • LEVELS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES – PM applied at different levels • COMPLEXITY & INTEGRATION - Project has interlinked components. These must be integrated
MODELS - SUMMARY • Difficult to produce model of PM that fully represents its complex world without making model complex & difficult to comprehend. • However, PMI & Turner provide good & similar answers to the question …………
MODELS - SUMMARY what is project management ?